Marine Creature of the Month May '19
Marine Creature of the Month Narwhal Photo from Arctic Kingdom Kingdom: Animalia Class: Mammalia Conservation Status: Near Threatened (NT) WHERE DO THEY LIVE? Narwhals live in the arctic waters around Canada, Greenland, and Russia. They are migratory creatures which live in open waters during the winter months and bay areas during the summer months. WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE? So if a unicorn and a dolphin had a baby, it would probably look a lot like a narwhal. These mottled grey toothed whales have a protruding tusk which resembles a horn. The tusk is actually a tooth which literally grows out of their faces. It is mostly the males which have the tusk but it isn't uncommon for the females to grow them too. In fact, 15% of them do though theirs are smaller of than the males. Overall, narwhals are medium sized whales, averaging between 3.95-5.5m (13-18ft) with an extra 1.5-3.1m (4.9-10.2ft) for the tusk. These tusks are actually hollow and used as a ...