College Physics
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Chapter 14, Problem 37PE
A walrus transfers energy by 
What is the average thickness of its blubber, which has the conductivity of fatty tissues without blood?
Figure 14.33 Walrus on ice. (credit: Captain Budd Christman, NOAA Corps)
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