Hollywood babe Drew Barrymore has a new admirer - a walrus.

The movie star attracted the blubbery sea monster while shooting new movie 50 FIRST DATES in Hawaii, and the walrus is so smitten with his human pal he has painted her a picture.

She explains, "He paints and it's so cute. I have a picture of him with this pacifier paintbrush in his mouth and he painted me this painting and I have it up on my wall. It's so cool.

"I bonded with the walrus - not a sentence I ever thought I'd get to say.

"I was like on top of the walrus; loving, hugging, petting and riding him. It's the cutest thing but it's weird to talk about a two ton animal saying it's cute.

"He's so large. He's all bony and large at the top, but then somehow the bones and the cartilage disappear at the bottom and he's this weird rubbery, flexible thing.

"His mouth was full of gums; there's no teeth so you could just feed him ice and put your whole hand in his mouth and it's totally safe.

"I just hung out with him. I was obsessed with him and I wouldn't leave his side for a second. I'm told he really liked me too."

23/01/2004 09:26