No, "narwhal whale" does not need to be capitalized in the middle of a sentence unless it is part of a proper noun or title.

Well, nar (with accent on a) in Old Norse means the dead, or corpse, primarily referring to the colour of the narwhal ( mottled grey and how it reflects that of a drowned body. The whale bit is pretty self explanatory.

Yes, the narwhal population is a matter of concern to scientists. Estimates over the past five years range from 45,000 to 75,000. One problem is the challenge of an exact count of narwhal numbers. The narwhal lives in Arctic waters. So there are the challenges of accessibility and of weather when it comes to precise tallies of the narwhal population. Additionally, there are concerns over the human hunt for the narwhal. Narwhal body parts fill a longstanding need and hold a traditional role in Inuit culture. Because of these cultural connections, narwhals are hunted by the Inuit. But also because of these cultural connections, the Inuit hunt tends not to get out of hand. In other words, the Inuit don't tend to hunt narwhals to the brink of extinction. They take just what they need, so that there always will be narwhals to fill the narwhal niche in Inuit culture. The same can't be said of other narwhal hunters. For example, other hunters may kill the narwhal just for its tusk. Such hunting tends to be uncontrolled. It may be carried out in such an unregulated way that the narwhal population may drop to alarmingly low numbers.

The narwhal's scientific name is Monodon monoceros. It belongs to the genus Monodon within the family Monodontidae.

A gummy narwhal is made to look like the real whale family member of Arctic waters. So why should the scientific name be any different? The real name in the Linnaean system of scientific classification is Monodon monoceros, which is Greek for 'one tooth one tusk'.

2 through 4 feet long

Like any other whale, narwhals have a very thick blubber layer to keep warm. About 4 inches

in the Articc circle

Yes, scientists and the managers of private and public natural history collections have seen narwhals eat. Narwhals haven't tended to do well in captivity and in confined spaces. But during their short survival times in research institutions and zoological collections, they have been fed and have been seen feeding. Additionally, scientific equipment has reached levels at which different marine lifeforms have been recorded at different life stages and in different natural processes such as feeding.

Yes, becuase its born that way

* Lack of a dorsal fin * Spotted body * Smaller than most whales * Large twisted tooth which juts out from the lower left jaw like a horn * Lives in frigid arctic waters * Cannot survive in captivity so far * Gluts on fish in the winter, fasts in the summer * Predated by orca whales * Extremely fast

I tried to keep it down to five, but I failed miserably!

Narwhals and Beluga whales often travel in the same region of the ocean.

Not unless there is a salt water ocean in the outback. A narwhal is a marine mammal that looks part whale and part dolphin.

yes, every whale squirts water out there back. Why? Because, like dolphins, they can also breath out there blow hole(the thing on their back), so they spurt the water out so they breath in air and not water.

its narwhals not narwars

narwhals eat shrimp squid halibut and other crustacean

yeh but the great white shark

Narwhals are whales, and whales are considered mammals, and mammals can't breathe underwater. Therfore, a narwhal must breathe air to prevent from drowning, and to do so, they (and all the other kinds of sea mammals) must swim up to the surface every few minutes to breathe air.

Actually the narwhal is not extinct, but its conservation status is "special concern". Narwhals are currently not listed under the Species At Risk Act. COSEWIC has recommended that the species be listed as Special Concern. The population of the narwhal is currently estimated at between 10,000 and 45,000. Narwhals are hunted for their tusks, and this is the main risk to the survival of the narwhal. See the link below for more information.

No, but long time ago hunters believed that they had magical powers like a unicorn.

Multiple countries, the US for example, have banned the importation of narwhal tusks. This cuts down on the number of people who would hunt narwhals for their expensive tusk. Also many countries, in Europe for example, have limited the number of narwhals a region can kill per annum. This, however, negatively affects some peoples who exist almost solely on the narwhals.