Title: Are Narwhals Endangered? Here Are Some Facts | Arctic Kingdom
Headings: 10 Fun Facts About Narwhal: Are Narwhal Endangered?
10 Fun Facts About Narwhal: Are Narwhal Endangered?
To answer popular questions about these elusive Arctic whales, here are 10 fun facts about narwhal:
1. Why Are Narwhals Endangered?
2. 75% of narwhal are found in the Canadian Arctic
3. They spend their lives in Arctic waters
4. Narwhal live up to 50 years
5. Narwhal change colour with age
6. Their tusks are actually a tooth
7. Narwhal’s distinctive tusk are usually found on males
8. Tusks can grow as long as 10 ft
9. Narwhal are deep divers
10. Narwhal lack a dorsal fin
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Content: Their tusks are actually a tooth
Narwhal tusks are a sensory organ with millions of nerve endings. It is thought that the rubbing together of tusks is thought to be a way to communicate information, and discoveries also indicate that narwhals use their tusks for feeding. Arctic Bay – Igloolik trip June and July 2011 Use strictly reserved to Arctic Kingdom for their website : www.arctickingdom.com
7. Narwhal’s distinctive tusk are usually found on males
Majority of male narwhal develop the elongated tusk. On very rare occasions females have been spotted with them. 8. Tusks can grow as long as 10 ft
The elongated tooth grows into a long, spiralled tusk which can grow up to 10 ft long. It is most commonly recognized as the left protrusion but occasionally a right tusk develops too, giving some narwhal two tusks! 9.