Narwhals

It is difficult to provide an exact number of narwhals in the wild as population estimates can vary. However, it is generally believed that there are tens of thousands of narwhals remaining in the wild, with different subspecies found in various regions of the Arctic. Conservation efforts are in place to protect these unique cetaceans.

Narwhals are found in the Arctic ecosystem, inhabiting the icy waters of the Arctic Ocean. They rely on sea ice for hunting, primarily feeding on fish, squid, and shrimp. Narwhals also coexist with other Arctic marine mammals such as polar bears, seals, and beluga whales in their ecosystem.

Narwhals are dangerous because of their frontwards projecting tusk. The tusk actually is a tooth. It grows, long and sharp, out of the upper incisor. It may measure 2-3 meters/7-10 feet in length.

The very first discoverer of the narwhal may well have been the ancestors of the Inuit. The hunt of the narwhal and the use of its body parts have been historic, longstanding, traditional activities around which Inuit culture evolved in northern Canada and western Greenland. But the first known, recorded witness by a specific individual was by Olaus Magnus [October 1490-August 1, 1557], in 1555.

Official prices in 2007-2008 tended to hover around $100-$125 per foot/0.3 meter of tusk. The legal sources of narwhal tusks are the Inuit hunters of Arctic Canada and Greenland. But illegal hunting still takes place. The risks are higher, and so are the pay scales set by the black market and by private collectors.

The name 'narwhal' derives from the Scandinavian term for the inhabitant of the Arctic waters. The actual word in Danish and Swedish is 'nahrval'. That term traces back to the much earlier, Old Norse 'nar', which means 'corpse'. The word describes the creature's grey, mottled look that reminds many of that of a drowned sailor.

Narwhals eat in the fifth month. The first four months they're suckled by their mother. With the fifth month, they begin eating the preferred narwhal fare of fresh, young cod, halibut, shrimp and squid.

30 or 40 years ...

Narwhals live in the arctic near Greenland, Russia,Canada and Antarctica. They live in pods and feed off Arctic Char and Flatfish

This is true but the niche is far more than that. Its everything they do in life. Ex. Breathe, create waste, die, kill prey, be killed by predators etc.

The average weight of the adult male narwhal tends to be more than that of the female. The male's weight tends to settle around 1,600 kilograms/3,500 pounds. The female's weight tends to hover around 1,000 kilograms/2,200 pounds.

Narwhals primarily feed on fish, such as Arctic cod and halibut, as well as squid and shrimp. They use their long tusks to stun their prey before capturing and consuming them. Narwhals are deep divers, capable of descending to depths of up to 1,500 meters in search of food.

Undoubtedly, the narwhal first was discovered well before the events of recorded history. Their use within the Inuit culture of Canada and Greenland was historic, longstanding, and traditional well before their hunting and their value became known to Scandinavian, European and British seafarers. But their discovery only became known officially, in 1555, through the efforts of Olaus Magnus [October 1490-August 1, 1557].

Narwhals primarily feed on a diet of fish, squid, and shrimp. They use their unique tusk to stun their prey before capturing and eating it. Narwhals are skilled hunters, using echolocation to find their food in the dark Arctic waters where they live.

Yes, the narwhal [Monodon monoceros] has a tongue. The tongue helps suck narwhal prey into the mouth. The prey aren't eaten or processed in the mouth. Instead, they're swallowed for processing further on in the narwhal digestive system.

The genetic code for the formation of the narwhal tusk involves a complex interaction of various genes and regulatory elements that control the development of specialized teeth in the narwhal. Specific genes involved in tusk development have not been fully identified and characterized yet.

Written records, underwater scientific equipment, relics and fossils, observation, and interviews are ways in which scientists study narwhals. Interviews tend to be of the native peoples of the Canadian and Russian Arctic and of Greenland. For example, the Inuit are traditional hunters of the narwhal. They hunt and harvest just what they need to support their own population and to keep the narwhal population in balance. So they are astute observers of narwhal behaviors and locations.

Very little is known about narwhals and their activities. Feeding themselves is one such mystery activity in which narwhals engage. But one suggestion is hunting by echolocation. The narwhal is a noisy creature, with a range of clicks, squeals, trills, and whistles. So the notion is the sending forth of some of these sounds, and the determining of a prey's location through the bouncing back of the sound wave onto the narwhal's forehead. Once the prey is located, the actual catching strategy is unknown. But scientists tend to think that the tusk plays no role. Other scientists suggest that sound comes into play once again. Indeed, they offer the possibility of stunning the prey by loud sounds.

The narwhal habitat is found in the Arctic waters off Canada; Greenland, Iceland, the polar islands off Scotland; and Russia. That habitat is affected by human-caused and natural climate change; and by human activities such as hunting and maritime transportation. The narwhal live in a narrowly defined geographic region, and depend on a specialized diet. Changes in air and water quality therefore affect the lifetyles of the narwhal and of their prey.

The narwhal primarily lives in the Arctic zone, specifically in Arctic waters near Canada, Greenland, Russia, and Norway. They are adapted to living in icy conditions and are often found in deep waters near drifting sea ice.

Yes, but a narwhal having more than one horn is a rare occurrence. The scientific name for the narwhal is Monodon monoceros. The designation comes from the Greek for 'one tooth one horn'. Indeed, the male narwhal tends to have one horn, and the female none. But there are rare, recorded instances in which a male has two horns and a female one. There also is the one known, recorded instance of a female having two horns.

Narwhal whales live in cold waters all over the world popular in the artic.

It is theoretically possible for a good surgeon to create a pseudo-unicorn in a manner along these lines. However, animal rights activists would never let it be done. Even if it is done "safely" many people would not approve.

If somebody was to attempt to create a unicorn in this way, they would not use a Narwhal tusk as the tissue is so different that the horse would be on anti-rejection drugs. If anybody was to attempt anything this silly, they would use a plastic horn.

On another note, the unicorn is modernly thought as a horse with a horn protruding from its head, while it actually also has the goatee of a billy goat, a lions tail, and cloved hooves. These are all distinguishments from a horse.

Even if you were stupid enough to try to graft a Narwhal tusk onto a horse's head, it would not make a unicorn.

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they make it really awsome with their mystical unicorn powers...oh ye, i almost forgot, rainbows follow their trail, and they are the unworshipped (besides me) gods of mystic cold!

Animals that live in the abyssal zone are fish just like in the rest of the ocean. But, these fish are unique. Fish like the deep sea angler and Dragonfish are some of the biggest predators here. Giant squid(Octipus) and plenty of plankton also live there.