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ill-fasliioued flaps of leather. Its movements on land are extremely slow and 

 awkward, resembling those of a huge caterpillar, but in the water it has all the 

 activity of the seals, or even surpasses them in speed. 



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Gregarious, like the seals and many of the dolphins, the Avalruses love to lie 

 on the Tee or on the sand-banks, closely huddled together. On the spot where 



