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Way back in 2012, orphaned baby walrus Mitik made the move to Brooklyn and settled into his new home at the New York Aquarium in Coney Island. Like so many new Brooklynites, he was sort of confused and had the scraggly beginnings of a mustache:
Everyone loves him, because he is the best. Stephen Colbert agrees.
He also dealt with Sandy like a champ.
As he settled into Brooklyn, his whiskers grew fuller, and he developed strong opinions, such as “Seaweed is the new kale.”
Now Mitik has grown some kick-ass tusks and moved to Texas to enjoy the warmer weather and the company of other walruses, since he basically thinks he is a human.
We miss you, Mitik. Come back soon.
A Fair and Honest Appraisal of: Mitik the Baby Walrus
Mitik appreciation post (for those who don't know, Mitik is an orphan Walrus who became facebook's new mascot).
Mitik, New York City's new baby walrus is safe - but the New York Aquarium is in jeopardy. All of its basements were flooded and electrical equipment was fried. It's closed indefinitely. The story, via our work with Tumblr. (Photo)
How employees at the the Alaska SeaLife Center care for two orphaned walruses
(via Caring for Orphaned Walruses Video | Smithsonian Magazine)
Mitik, the orphaned rescue walrus, weathered the storm without incident and seemed interested and amused by all the activity around him.
Jim Breheny, Executive Vice President of WCS Zoos and Aquarium and Director of the Bronx Zoo
And now, from the "this is so cute it's absolutely insane" file, comes an adorable photo of Mitik, a baby walrus who now resides at The Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium. The NY Times chronicled how the little orphan wound up at our fellow NYC cultural institution, and the captivating story (as well as the great photo) won us all over. This new photo by Julie Larsen Maher @ WCS is currently on the Bronx Zoo's Facebook page, and it was so cute, we HAD to share it. In Mitik's honor, we also wanted to share all of the many walrus-related books we have in our collection - check one out today!