More lightheartedly, a narwhal is featured as a minor character called Mr. Narwhal in the Christmas film "Elf."
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They looked like a mix of narwhal and beluga, but with too many for a narwhal, too few for a beluga.
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They've recommended that Canada and Greenland, which are the only nations with significant narwhal populations in their waters, adopt new controls and limits on the narwhal trade.
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The cross-border investigation into an underground narwhal smuggling operation has resulted in three convictions, hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines, and the seizure of dozens of narwhal tusks.
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The narwhal tusk "is the only straight tusk in nature, and the only spiral tusk, too," said Martin Thomas Nweeia, a narwhal expert who lectures at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
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Two of the narwhal tusks seized by the Canadian government.
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Will Narwhal let all the fame go to his head?
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Instead, she transformed into a narwhal, according to the legend.
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In the United States, it's illegal to commercially import narwhal.
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What do you imagine the life of a narwhal is like?
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"I would die for Narwhal," a number of Twitter commenters pledged.
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Narwhal the Little Magical Furry Unicorn has found his forever home!
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In 2013, a narwhal tusk sold for $60,000 in Cornwall, England.
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But this female narwhal didn't seem to mind a tuskless beluga.
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And above it sit two taxidermy "Zebracorns" with fake narwhal plaster horns.
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"Wolves In The Taproom" (Sierra Nevada Barrel Aged Narwhal Imperial Stout) 21.
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Here&aposs everything you need to know about the near-mythical narwhal.
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Groups of narwhal have been seen rising vertically out of the water.
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Ivan's narwhal horn staff was covered in diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and emeralds.
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It can take months to spot a narwhal, according to Smithsonian Magazine.
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Bystanders used a fire extinguisher and a narwhal tusk to overpower the attacker.
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A narwhal skull (a); the hybrid skull (b); and a beluga skull (c).
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Narwhal was found abandoned earlier this month, and he is doing well now.
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When a narwhal is frightened, its heartbeat slows to four beats per minute.
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The Danish King's throne was built with narwhal tooth in the 17th century.
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Despite the fascination with them, very little had been discovered about the narwhal.
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Because, let's face it, what kitchen is complete without an adorable narwhal tea-infuser?
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And the melting Arctic sea ice poses a risk to the narwhal up north.
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To be clear ... Rochelle says the shelter is NOT looking to profit off Narwhal.
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In the 16th century, explorer Martin Frobisher gave Queen Elizabeth I a narwhal tusk.
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As the unicorn became a firm thing of myth, narwhal tusks became the focus.
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All had beluga-like flippers, narwhal-like tails and solid gray skin, he said.
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The Narwhal Frappuccino is supposed to taste like a pink Starburst and sounds positively delicious.
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And indeed, their results showed that it belonged to the first recorded hybrid beluga-narwhal.
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Instead, when you search for Narwhal, the first suggested result is Reddit's official iOS app.
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And finally, how Narwhal the rescue puppy may have grown a tail on his head.
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Say hello to Narwhal, a recently rescued puppy who has a little more to love.
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Narwhal tusk though it may be, the oddity will lure clients to your expanding bank.
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FROM COINAGE: Try This Healthy, Cheap Late-Night Snack There you have it — the Narwhal Frappuccino.
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But it's a jumping-off point that will help scientists better understand narwhal behaviour, he said.
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Narwhal is a very special puppy — he was born with an extra tail on his face.
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But instead of a tusk, Narwhal the puppy has a miniature tail flopping between his eyes.
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Narwhal is in the care of Rochelle Steffen, the founder of Mac's Mission rescue in Jackson.
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The magnificent narwhal — a beast that has inspired monarchs and intrigued scientists — has quite the reputation.
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Investigators say he would cross the border and send the narwhal parts by FedEx in Bangor, Maine.
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The singer spent the night out with friends in a seemingly low-effort costume: a narwhal onesie.
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Plaza examined a narwhal tusk that was displayed on a stand in the corner of the room.
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For now, Narwhal is still waiting to get neutered and vaccinated before being put up for adoption.
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Like any whale, the narwhal needs to surface to breathe — on average, every four to six minutes.
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In 1584, Ivan the Terrible called for his narwhal horn on his deathbed, hoping to save himself.
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In November 2019, a Polish chef used a narwhal tusk to stop a terrorist attack in London.
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And analysis of mitochondrial DNA, which only comes from the mother, indicated — surprise — she was a narwhal.
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Selling the narwhal tusks is not necessarily illegal in Canada, although permits must be obtained to export them.
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Rochelle says Narwhal is NOT for sale, he's just up for adoption, and the application fee is $150.
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But, as we first reported ... the shelter's worried some folks applying to adopt Narwhal have the wrong motivations.
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While Narwhal may not be the traditional version of "perfect," it's what makes him perfect for Mac's Mission.
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Several civilians confronted the man —including a man with a narwhal tusk — pushing him away from the hall.
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The Inuit name for narwhal translates to: "the one that is good at curving itself to the sky."
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At around 1000 AD, the narwhal entered history in what The New York Times called a "profitable lie."
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What drew him — and what has given the narwhal such an important role in history — was the tusk.
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Low numbers of narwhal are still legally hunted in Canada and Greenland, according to the Globe and Mail.
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There is no evidence in the beluga or narwhal genomes of interbreeding in at least a million years.
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In the 1980s, researchers discovered a whale skull in West Greenland that looked suspiciously like a beluga-narwhal mashup.
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Before we walk you through the ordering process, take a look at all the sugary, pink Narwhal Frappuccino goodness.
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According to scientists who studied the video, this seems to temporarily subdue the fish before the narwhal devours it.
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The little guy's name is Narwhal, and he's a recent rescue at Mac's Mission Animal Rescue in Jackson, Missouri.
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According to Rick Harrison, the developer of Narwhal, Apple pulled the app due to the existence of NSFW content.
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The radio crackled to life again: The narwhal were staying close to shore, possibly to evade a killer whale.
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Narwhal will likely be listed for adoption once he's older and has gone through more medical procedures like vaccinations.
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In November, a man used a 5-foot narwhal tusk to help stop a terrorist attack on London Bridge.
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Narwhal tusks can grow as thick as a lamppost and as a tall a man, according to Smithsonian Magazine.
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Kristin Laidre, one of America's leading narwhal scientists, said in comparison to polar bears, they were "not that cute."
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Narwhal tusks play a small part in the $3 billion global trade of animal parts, but it still happens.
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The narwhal participates in all of the regular beluga activities and appears to have gained complete acceptance amongst the belugas.
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He's single and ready to mingle I had a terrible experience with a homophobic narwhal pool float in high school.
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"There had been some previously documented warming of Baffin Bay, and we verified that with the narwhal data," she said.
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Above his desk is a 2-metre tusk of a narwhal, a whale known as the unicorn of the sea.
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Popular apps like Narwhal, Baconreader, iAlien, and Antenna have all been pulled, and aren't accessible in the App Store anymore.
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Their biggest concern was the lack of migration of the narwhal and walrus up to the Fury and Hecla Strait.
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Elizabeth I is said to have paid 10,000 pounds for a narwhal tusk, then the price of an average castle.
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How many bachelor pads can or should sport the same narwhal tusk, set of framed intaglios and cluster of geodes?
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According to Inuit legend, which was recorded by Danish ethnologist Knud Rasmussen, the narwhal began as a cruel human mother.
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In 1969, for a few brief days, New York Aquarium had the only captive narwhal in the world, named Umiak.
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The loss of sea ice is bad news for Arctic species like polar bears, walrus and narwhal, and for Arctic people.
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Its origin, they explained, was a strange creature, evenly grey, with flippers like a beluga but a tail like a narwhal.
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He thought the work offered compelling evidence—after all, the skull already looks pretty convincingly to be a narwhal-beluga hybrid.
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And based on the narwhal's colorful history, it's likely that it won't be the last time a narwhal tusk makes headlines.
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"I took a narwhal tusk from the wall and used it to defend myself and others from the attacker," he continued.
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Dive into those oysters and that gin-clear coupe like Jacques Cousteau pursuing a narwhal, like Don Draper searching for his soul.
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Another animal pressed into research in the Arctic is the narwhal, an elusive whale with a tusk protruding from the male's head.
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The cluing today was replete with appropriate references, natural, nautical and northern — DOLPHIN, NARWHAL, POSEIDON, NIGHT SKY, UMIAK, TEMPEST and so on.
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Unfortunately he wasn't being followed by armed police, and the bystanders inside Fishmongers' Hall had nothing but narwhal tusks to defend themselves.
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They grabbed anything weapon-like that they could find, from a fire extinguisher to an ornamental narwhal tusk pulled from the wall.
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"The unicorn face tail does not bother Narwhal and he never slows down just like any normal puppy," said the Facebook post.
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Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, the narwhal scientist, convinced the hunter to donate it to the Natural History Museum of Denmark for analysis.
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The analysis, conducted by Mikkel Skovrind, a graduate student, revealed it was a male and a 50/50 narwhal and beluga mix.
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The shelter has received hundreds of adoption applications for Narwhal, but its founder, Rochelle Steffen, tells TMZ ... she's pumping the brakes for now.
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The narwhal sees with sound — and it's exceptionally good at it too, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One.
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But given that they're hard to find, the long tusk of a narwhal — "the unicorn of the sea" — is a worthy stand-in.
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Though the friendship seems unlikely, Martin Nweeia, a researcher and narwhal expert at Harvard University says he doesn't think we should be too surprised.
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It captures the distinctive sounds of both animals' names — the nar- of narwhal and the -luga of beluga — and sounds pretty mellifluous, to boot.
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"The tusk is used by narwhal to hunt Arctic cod," Brandon Laforest, senior specialist of Arctic species and ecosystems at WWF-Canada told Gizmodo.
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Other notable matchups include perennial label powerhouse Deschutes versus Sierra Nevada, which has been putting up big numbers with its barrel-aged Narwhal label.
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The puppy, which the shelter has dubbed "Narwhal the Little Magical Furry Unicorn," was born with an extra tail coming out of his forehead.
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Far from a conspiracy theory, the computer program, known as Project Narwhal, was the Obama campaign's big data solution to hyper-individualized voter outreach.
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"One of my friends texted me and said, 'Why don't you name him Narwhal?' and I was like that's perfect; it's kismet," she said.
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Despite the extra tail — which Steffen said is about a third of the size of his main tail — Narwhal is a happy, healthy dog.
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In a public lecture, a Danish scholar named Ole Wurm proved the substance came from narwhal and not unicorn, the New York Times reported.
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Mr. Narwhal said farewell to Buddy, the main character, as he left the North Pole to search for his father in New York City.
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Authorities accuse Gregory Logan, 58, of St. John, New Brunswick, of having illegally smuggled since 2000 at least 250 narwhal tusks from Canada through Maine.
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Executive sous chef Martin Lévesque is overseeing a menu that will include raw caribou, seal meat, muktuk (beluga whale), arctic char, and even narwhal blubber.
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Confronted by bystanders, including a Polish man brandishing narwhal tusk he had grabbed from the wall of Fishmongers' Hall, Khan was wrestled to the ground.
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The main suspect, Usman Khan, was killed by police at the scene after reportedly being subdued by bystanders using a narwhal tusk and fire extinguisher.
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" While Katherine Russel observed in the London Review of Books in 2019, "Narwhal are unicorn-like not just in their appendages, but in their elusiveness.
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A man who used a narwhal tusk to help subdue an attacker near London Bridge last month has been identified as a British civil servant.
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Based on the footage, scientists have determined the narwhal uses its tusk—which is actually a giant canine tooth—to stun its prey before consuming it.
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Bring a Narwhal BBQ Skewer Set to your next cookout or block party as a memorable hostess gift or just to show off your quirky side.
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He went to the vet for some X-rays, and the vet concluded that the tail wasn't attached to anything and shouldn't hinder Narwhal at all.
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Little Narwhal has been all over Twitter and Reddit, which is great news for Steffen because it means getting attention for all her special needs rescues.
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This older dog, who has been named Poppa Smurf, is a Daschund Terrier mix -- so they assume Narwhal may have some Daschund in him as well.
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Another civilian, identified only as a Polish man named Lukasz, used a five-foot narwhal tusk alongside a man with a fire extinguisher to tackle Kahn.
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Another man poked at the attacker with a narwhal tusk he had pulled from a display in the hall, and another hit him with a pole.
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And now, you can get your very own Narwhal Frappuccino from Starbucks (and yes, we know narwhals are real…but don't they kind of seem made up?).
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Casey offers up a stuffed narwhal she bought, reciting ocean creature facts and the plot of Moby Dick to distract Caitlin from her surgery, now minutes away.
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Introducing: the Narwhal BBQ Skewer Set, a pair of two stainless steel "unicorns of the sea" that will add a touch of whimsy to your grilling sessions.
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Although Narwhal made use of highly complex algorithms to assemble voter profiles, a recent study published on arXiv demonstrated that voter analysis need not be so complex.
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"We also predicted that if the narwhal tusk is sexually selected, we expect greater variation in tusk length compared to the variation in fluke width," said Graham.
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The work is enchanting, but ends with a disappointingly crude CGI narwhal swimming a bit too stiffly — a letdown after the drenching beauty up to that point.
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A group of civilians pursued Khan onto the bridge with the help of fire extinguishers and a narwhal tusk taken from the wall of Fishmongers&apos Hall.
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But a few brave souls chased Usman Khan onto London Bridge, armed with a fire extinguisher and, of all things, a narwhal tusk, plucked from a display.
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If you're trying to look professional, just make sure to tell mom to avoid any of the weird husky or narwhal prints — unless you're into that, of course.
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So Danish researchers at the Natural History Museum of Denmark (affiliated with the University of Copenhagen) sequenced and studied the genome of a narwhal living in West Greenland.
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Rochelle says her staff found Narwhal -- a Dachshund and Beagle mix, they think -- recently at a dumpsite, and took him in to help find him a forever home.
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They grabbed their guns and ammo, swung over the wooden sides of the boats, revved engines, and raced toward the inlet where the narwhal were spotted minutes before.
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" Michael Levin, who directs the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University, said that while Narwhal is a cute example of development gone awry, "I've seen a lot weirder.
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One of the men was wielding a fire extinguisher, another reportedly took a narwhal tusk down from the wall of the Fishmongers&apos Hall to confront the suspect.
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A genomic analysis of DNA extracted from the John Doe skull revealed that it belonged to an adult, first generation son of a narwhal mother and beluga father.
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For now, it's only possible to speculate about the circumstances that led to the conception of the baby beluga narwhal, perhaps the cutest-sounding animal that ever existed.
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He said he will welcome any giant cruises that follow the Crystal Serenity, noting that he doesn't think they will harm the mammals he hunts, including seals and narwhal.
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Compared to these animals and others, they estimated that the genetic diversity of the narwhal population was very low, meaning that narwhals don't carry many genetic variations between them.
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The likeliest explanation for how Narwhal got his face tail is not all that cute, said Margret Casal, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.
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But sillier, outsize characters got equal airtime, like Ms. O'Hara's pill-popping, heartbroken lounge singer Lola Heatherton and Ed Grimley, the narwhal-haired man-child created by Mr. Short.
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Confronted by bystanders, including a Polish man brandishing a narwhal tusk and others with fire extinguishers, Khan, who was wearing a fake suicide vest, was wrestled to the ground.
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Well, his full name is "Narwhal the Little Magical Furry Unicorn," according to dog rescue nonprofit organization Mac's Mission, which took him in after he was discovered last Saturday.
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Until scientists figure out how to genetically graft a narwhal horn onto some poor Shetland, guests will have to be content with being trapped inside Lisa Frank's personal acid trip.
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The results of the analysis revealed that the creature was the male offspring of a male beluga and a female narwhal, according to the paper published today in Scientific Reports.
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It's also intended to be accessible and energizing, with action sequences, interviews with Elon Musk and Barack Obama, and shots of DiCaprio hand-feeding baby animals and going narwhal-watching.
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Narwhal has been checked out by a vet and it turns out there are no bones in the extra tail, and it also doesn't seem to be causing any problems.
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Steffen is going to keep Narwhal for at least two more months just to make sure the tail doesn't cause problems, and then she'll find him a lucky forever home.
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She explained that Narwhal received death threats and that crowds of people began showing up to their rescue, forcing the organization to hold meetings "by appointment only" and heighten security.
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Kesha's design matches the rest of her body art — she already has a handful of tattoos including a whale, narwhal, and smiley face — Ashenfelter's is larger and covered in rainbow colors.
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This method is for the official Reddit app, but I tested it in popular third party apps like iAlien, Narwhal, BaconReader, and Antenna and found the process is essentially the same.
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Unicorn horns (in most cases, actually narwhal teeth) were especially sought after by the nobility of the Middle Ages, who believed them to possess purifying powers and to protect against poisoning.
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Now that Narwhal is staying with Mac's Mission, the founder explained that he will be a "spokesdog" for a "Different is awesome" campaign, using his unique feature to promote being different.
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Footage has emerged of three bystanders, including one wielding a fire extinguisher and another with a 5-foot narwhal tusk, tackling 28-year-old Usman Khan, the suspect in the attack.
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A narwhal has been adopted by a pod of beluga whales in the St. Lawrence River, according to CBC, and please be warned, the wholesomeness of this story may be completely overwhelming.
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Pendleton said she's deciding which sparkly outfits to wear to the black-tie-optional dinners on the Serenity, and buying new binoculars in hopes of seeing a narwhal and a polar bear.
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While Dr. Levin thinks a parasitic twin might explain Narwhal, he said it's impossible to know for sure because of the complex processes that organize bodies even in simple creatures, like flatworms.
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To ensure the safety of Narwhal and make sure he is being loved for the right reasons, the rescue decided it was in the puppy's best interest for him to stay put.
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Photo: Cartsen EgevangOne of the most recognizable animals of the sea, the narwhal, is even more unique than their looks would suggest, according to a new study of their genetics released this week.
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As we reported ... the undeniably cute little dog named Narwhal is "a perfectly healthy puppy, with an extra tail on his face" who was rescued by Mac's Mission Animal Rescue in Jackson, Missouri.
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He was chased onto the bridge by civilians with fire extinguishers and a narwhal tusk taken from the university building&aposs wall before being tackled by bystanders and shot and killed by police.
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The narwhal was flown 2,650 miles in a "dramatic jet flight," according to Life Magazine, to Coney Island, after it was found following the hunters who killed its mother, the Indiana Herald reported.
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The 38-year-old said he grabbed the narwhal tusk that was mounted on a wall while another man used a wooden chair to fend off the attacker, Usman Khan, a convicted terrorist.
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Rochelle says they've never had a dog like Narwhal, so they want to keep him and let him get bigger while they monitor the tail and make sure there are no negative health effects.
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Either way, Narwhal is just as rambunctious as any other puppy -- hide your shoes -- and doesn't seem too bent about being named after a whale that has a tusk growing out of its head.
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Scientists have captured the sounds made by the elusive and unusual East Greenland narwhal — whose long horn inspired various tales, including that of an evil stepmother who wove her long hair into a tusk.
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The results, which published Tuesday in the journal Biology Letters, provide the "strongest evidence to date" that narwhal tusks are sexual signals used to scare off rival males and attract females, the study said.
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The first appearance of narwhal tusks in medieval Europe is thought to have given rise to the myth of the unicorn, and to a mad surge in demand for the nine-foot spiraling spears.
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However, the new addition, with its gigantic inflatable unicorn and narwhal, floating rainbow walk, and slipper slope slide, was added last month, which is why there has been so much buzz around the destination recently.
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So, watch out for scammers, and if you do donate through the shelter's page, know this ... 100% of donations are going to medical care for Narwhal and the other rescues in desperate need of assistance.
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Let's say you chose a highly ranked IPA, such as Sierra Nevada Bigfoot (20183% alcohol) or Narwhal (10.2% alcohol), and you've downed a whopping 318 to 344 calories, about as much as a McDonald's cheeseburger.
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A Polish immigrant used a 5-foot narwhal tusk on the attacker, whom police named as convicted terrorist Usman Khan, 28, from Staffordshire in the West Midlands of England (no relation to the London mayor).
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Logan, who retired as a Canadian mountie in 2003, had been a target of a narwhal tusk-smuggling probe, dubbed "Operation Longtooth," by a Canadian government agency now known as Environment and Climate Change Canada.
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In 2002, and again in 2003 and 2004, with help from Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans, he traveled to Baffin Island in Canada to gather narwhal specimens to analyze, the New York Times reported.
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After dressing up as a narwhal (a tusked whale that basically looks like a sea unicorn) for All Hallows' Eve, the singer shared a photo of her newly tattooed arm, which looked eerily familiar, on Instagram.
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Don't light fireworks in dry areas, and if you see your neighbor Bob attempting to use his head as a staging area, tell him to please, listen to the fireworks safety narwhal, and cut it out.
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People tend to think of seals as exotic, majestic beautiful things—different from what we eat as "Canadians"—but Inuit are Canadians, too, and seal, narwhal, walrus—all those foods are normal, everyday food for us.
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Ultimately, he hopes to continue to be involved in research on these two species in case more hybrid examples pop up, as his group has a large dataset of both narwhal and beluga DNA and skulls.
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To make it easier for folks to get involved, Mac's Mission Animal Rescue in Jackson, Missouri -- where Narwhal is awaiting adoption -- set up an official donation link on its Facebook page, and it's already raised $1,950.
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She says it's important to gather more information on the potential impact of human noise: Dive deeper: Listen to rare narwhal recordings captured by the team and read the study published in PLOS ONE on Wednesday.
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A man used a 5 foot narwhal tusk to confront the London Bridge terror suspect, according to an eyewitness in Fishmongers&apos Hall, a building at the north side of the bridge where the attack began.
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Similarly, much of Andrea Barrett's work — including the stories in "Ship Fever" and "Servants of the Map," and her novel "The Voyage of the Narwhal" — features recurring characters as well as the long branches of family trees.
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A man used a 5 foot narwhal tusk to confront the London Bridge terror suspect, according to an eyewitness in Fishmongers&apos Hall, a building at the north side of the bridge where the attack allegedly began.
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And of course, both have made a name for themselves in popular culture; the beluga from the well-known children's song "Baby Beluga," and the narwhal from its mythical single tooth that gives it a unicorn-like appearance.
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Unlike an actual narwhal whale, which has a protruding canine tooth that resembles a tusk, the tail on Narwhal's forehead is short and stubby, sprouting right between his eyes -- and flops from side to side when he plays.
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Later, on the bridge, as the crowd was trying to subdue the assailant, bystanders captured images of a man standing with a long white pole, which the woman in the hall, Amy Coop, said was the narwhal tusk.
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The narwhal has been spotted in the same area for the past three years, according to Whales Online, over 1,000 kilometers south from its typical range — narwhals are typically found in the arctic, near countries like Canada and Russia.
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Rochelle Steffen, the founder of the shelter who rescued the cute little pup, tells TMZ ... ever since Narwhal went viral, the shelter's noticed tons of fake accounts popping up on social media, ran by scammers asking people for donations.
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That day, over an extended breakfast that began on my terrace, we had discussed the writers Olga Tokarczuk and W.G. Sebald (shared favorites); the animal he most likes, the narwhal; and the writing projects we were each working on.
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Read more:The Westminster Dog Show winner from the year you were born Meet 'Narwhal the Little Magical Furry Unicorn,' a rescue puppy born with an extra tail on his face31 photos of the most perfect dogs in the world
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Royal Canadian Mounted policeman accused of smuggling $2 million worth of narwhal tusks into the United States is now in custody, pending his trial on money laundering charges, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday.
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As Arctic temperatures rise and the ice melts, animals that once had separate migration patterns…Read more ReadSkovrind was doing his Ph.D in beluga whale genomics, and his office sat right next to a collection of beluga and narwhal skulls.
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StarbucksMelody also explained how to order Freeman's other new beverage, which is simply called "The Narwhal" It's a blended strawberry lemonade with vanilla bean powder and a dollop whipped cream on top, and apparently, it tastes like a pink Starburst.
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A larger-than-life handmade ostrich stood by the entrance, surrounded by collectibles of every sort: a narwhal tusk in a bronze base, gilt-framed 18th-century illustrations, a hand-carved cabbage like one Serafini had bought for a friend.
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Over the course of the next year, I spent several months there and learned to share the lifestyle of its inhabitants: I went hunting and fishing with the men, shared family dinners of seal and narwhal, and attended baptisms and funerals.
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"Maybe air gun pulses sort of sound like icebergs for a narwhal — I have no idea — but if we don't have the data, we can't make sound decisions to make sure that we have narwhals in the future," Dr. Blackwell said.
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"Unlawful wildlife trade like this undermines efforts by federal, state, and foreign governments to protect and restore populations of species like the narwhal, a majestic creature of the sea," acting Assistant U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Wood said in a statement.
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The history of the narwhal, the &aposunicorn of the sea&apos with 10-foot tusks that scientists are only beginning to understandA shelter dog nicknamed &aposRicasso&apos has earned $4,000 with paintings he made with a few wags of his tail
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A number of apps today have embraced dark mode, including Twitter; Twitter clients Tweetbot 4 and Twitterific 5; Reddit and the Reddit clients Beam, Narwhal, and Apollo; podcast player Overcast; calendar app Fantastical 2; Telegram X; Instapaper; Pocket; Feedly; and many more.
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"Unicorns as we think of them today never existed; the stories probably rose out of travelers' tales and misinterpretations of horns like rhinoceros' horns or narwhal horns," Dorothy Ann Bray, associate professor at McGill University and expert in folklore and mythology, tells Broadly.
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While many people praised Narwhal for his uniqueness, Rochelle Steffen, founder of Mac's Mission, told The Southeast Missourian that he was also subject to "stupid, ugly comments (online)" which raised concerns for Steffen when thinking about giving the puppy up for adoption.
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And this week, the smuggler at the center of it all was finally sent to the United States to face more charges in relation to the illegal trade, marking one of the last chapters in one of, if not the most, extensive anti-narwhal smuggling operations ever.
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Their shared love for overly wrought nerdy puns was a huge clue, but more clues began mounting up regarding their mutual affinity for bad tweets:Still confused, I asked for guidance in Slack, and was informed by one colleague:u kno how elon is all 'does the narwhal bacon?
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Elsewhere, Gizmodo's reporters covered the researchers who "lost" 17,000 wallets in hundreds of cities around the globe to see who would return them, a bizarre narwhal-beluga hybrid, why it's so goddamn rainy this year, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe's underwhelming first attempt at LGBTQ+ representation.
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Young moviegoers can learn about fascinating animals like the narwhal, a whale with a spearlike tooth up to 10 feet long; the thick-billed murre, with the smallest wings per body mass of any flying bird; and that furry favorite, the polar bear, which makes Oct.
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Toby Williamson, the CEO of Fishmongers&apos Hall, spoke about the attack on the BBC&aposs flagship TV breakfast show, "BBC Breakfast," on Monday, praising an employee identified as Lucasz who he said fended off Usman Khan, 28, with a narwhal tusk and allowed others to escape.
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A man who used a narwhal tusk to fight a knifeman on a fatal rampage in London last month has spoken of how he and others carried on grappling with the attacker even after seeing that he was wearing what looked like an explosive suicide vest.
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This year's squad included Tony, a pup in South Australia who served as the temporary steed of a confused koala joey; Narwhal, a puppy in Missouri with an extra "tail" protruding from his forehead; and Yuki, a wolf-dog in Florida who is probably the largest canine since Clifford.
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Dr. Koblitz thinks the narwhal can narrow its beam like an adjustable flashlight on open ice at the sea surface or prey deep in the ocean, and then widen it as it gets closer to track its prey, a skill that has been observed in other echolocating animals like bats.
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It's not clear what happened to the two of them before they were discovered, but a spokesperson from Mac's Mission told CNN Narwhal is from rural Missouri in the Midwest, and loves to play -- and now, he has thousands of fans online, after his special tail catapulted him to internet fame.
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By actively supporting the shift to a low-carbon economy, by embracing renewable energy and by reducing our own greenhouse gas emissions to slow planetary warming, we are each helping protect the sea ice habitat that polar bears and other magnificent marine mammals like narwhal, bowhead and beluga whales all depend on.
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Read more:Burberry is selling a $3,790 coat with a detachable puffer jacket that looks like a fishtailKristen Bell made a winter fashion statement by wearing 3 colorful coats in one dayMeet 'Narwhal the Little Magical Furry Unicorn,' a rescue puppy born with an extra tail on his face10 reasons to consider adopting a senior dog instead of a puppy
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The core of the narrative concerns a young woman who has her tarot read, enters a bathtub, and through the remote magic of an elder is transformed into a narwhal at sea, recalling Irish myths of the selkie, a creature capable of morphing from seal to human (this association is strengthened by a Gaelic song in the soundtrack).
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