Updated: September 28, 2016 Published: October 14, 2011
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A walrus with skin lesions rests on a barrier island beach near Point Lay, Alaska.
Some walruses in a herd near Point Lay, Alaska showed evidence of a mysterious disease that is also impacting the North Slope's ringed seal population.
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