female Pacific walrus (O. r. divergens)
wild caught on May 19th, 1994
deceased on April 21st, 2024
♂ Akituusaq (birth 2007-Jun-12)
capture 1994-May-19 in Alaska
transfer 1994-May-19 to New York Aquarium
transfer 2001-Nov-15 to Mystic Aquarium
transfer 2002-May-14 to New York Aquarium
transfer 2016-Dec-13 to Point Defiance Zoo
transfer 2019-Oct to SeaWorld San Diego
death 2024-Apr-21 at SeaWorld San Diego
The dates listed here generally represent the time at which the measurements were published, not necessarily the date on which they were taken.
2018: 7.5 feet
2020-Dec-08: 1,333 lb
No images available at this time.
94139 (New York Aquarium)
T16MM5 (Point Defiance Zoo)
#51 (Association of Zoos and Aquariums)
Kulu (nickname)
The images found here have all been gathered either from this facility's official resources or news articles.
Kulusiq arrived in San Diego at some point between October 13th and 20th, 2019.
2019-Oct-20. abc10news. [Photo]. Retrieved from instagram.com.
2019-Oct-01. Point Defiance Zoo. Walrus Farewell. Retrieved from pdza.org.
2018-Jan-08. Lisa Oland. AZA Regional Studbook.
2005-Apr-25. Jodie Baker. 2004 North American Regional Walrus Studbook.