How Good Is A Walrus’ Memory?

I sure as heck don’t know, and each time I go to the New York Aquarium I always wonder. Two Sundays ago I went with the Cheese, and as we stood in the cave at the glass I wondered, was Wylie the Walrus saying, “Hey everyone, there’s Beehive!” Did Wanda the Walrus shout “OMG! Beehive looks great with that buzzed hairdo!” Did Willie the Walrus say, “Long time no see Beehive?” Did the Walrus that has no name wonder, “Why didn’t Beehive ever give me a name?”

I do not know the answer to these burning questions, and yet I still cannot get them out of my mind. Walrus’ are big, and appear to be the Elephants of the ocean. Elephants reportedly have great memory. Why wouldn’t Walrus’ have great memories too?

I like to think that they remember me, since they always swim up to the windows, look inside the cave at the people look in at them, I’ve even had times where one Walrus in particular has stayed at the same window looking at me for minutes on end. They have to have some good brain function and memory, only I’m not certain for sure.

I did some hardcore research, yes I did; I spent about four minutes scrolling through the first two pages of google results, only to find out that scientists don’t want to disclose what they think a Walrus’ memory is. It’s almost as if scientists do know or maybe don’t care what the memory of a Walrus is. Sounds like a cover up if you ask me. (I was going to write sounds fishy to me, and I couldn’t bring myself to allow such a pun)