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Tyreek Marquardt
The Narwhals tusks is just a tooth. It grows through a hole in its upper lip. it doesn't have any survival purpose. But used to joust one inother. i hope this helped u under stand why they have that "tusks"
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Do narwhals shed their tusks?
No, the narwhals tusk is actually an extended tooth.
Do narwhals lose their teeth?
Yes, narwhals can lose their teeth. Females tend to have both their teeth embedded in their jaws. Males tend to have frontwards projecting, long tusks growing out of one tooth. Sometimes, they have tusks growing out of both teeth. The tusks can break off.
Why don't female narwales have horns?
Because no narwhals have horns! However, both male and female narwhals have tusks. Males are more likely to have two tusks, but you can't necessarily see a narwhal and judge its gender based on its tusk.
Do narwhals kill each other?
Yes, it's possible that narwhals indeed kill each other. Male narwhals have been found, dead and alive, with scars and wounds to the heads and tusks. Males engage in what tends to be called playful tusking. But perhaps that gets carried away at times.
Do female narwhals have tusks?
A female narwhal does not typically have a tusk, but yet not all males do, either. About 15% of female narwhals have these tusks. The truth is, scientists don't yet know why most males have them, and most females don't. They do, however, know that the so-called "tusk" is really a tooth that has grown through the upper lip. Narwhals only have two teeth. Sometimes both of them will grow through the upper lip, and other times, neither tooth will grow out like this. Scientists are still trying to figure out why that is, and it may take a while, but eventually they will have an answer.
Do narwhals shed their tusks?
No, the narwhals tusk is actually an extended tooth.
Do girl narwhals have tusks?
sometimes
What are narwhals tusks made from?
Ivory
How do narwhals catch there fish?
they stab them with there tusks
How are narwhals and hamsters different?
Hamsters are small rodents and Narwhals are big whales with tusks.
How does narwhals defend itself?
Narwhals protect themselves by using their tusks as weapons. there horn
Do narwhals lose their teeth?
Yes, narwhals can lose their teeth. Females tend to have both their teeth embedded in their jaws. Males tend to have frontwards projecting, long tusks growing out of one tooth. Sometimes, they have tusks growing out of both teeth. The tusks can break off.
Do female walrus have tusks?
No, female narwhals tend not to have tusks. But there are the rare instances in which a female is found with tusks, which tends to be characteristic of male narwhals. There even is one known, recorded instance of a two-tusked female.
Why don't female narwales have horns?
Because no narwhals have horns! However, both male and female narwhals have tusks. Males are more likely to have two tusks, but you can't necessarily see a narwhal and judge its gender based on its tusk.
What is an animal with big tusks not an elephant?
The walrus is the only other animal with big tusks, although narwhals have a single, long horn protruding from their forehead.
What really are tusks?
Tusks really are teeth. They're sharp, long, and curved. They stick out beyond the mouths of such animals that have them: elephants, narwhals, walruses, and wild boars.
What are the two tusks of a narwhal?
Most narwhals have just the one 'tusk', and it is actually a tooth. One in 500 males have two tusks, but the skull has a double tusk'.
