narwhal
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An extended version of the ad also features a talking narwhal.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
Natural history museums got their start in the 1400s as cabinets of wonders in which aristocrats kept precious oddities like narwhal skulls or glittering crystals.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
The narwhal, or unicorn of the sea, is an Arctic whale that has a long spiral tusk, up to nearly 10 feet long.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 14, 2022
In the end they also discuss hearing about a sea creature, perhaps a narwhal.
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2022
When I look over, she’s hugging her stuffed narwhal, looking all of a sudden like a deflated balloon.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
Menopause is known to exist in five species of toothed whale: short-finned pilot whales, false killer whales, killer whales, narwhals and beluga whales.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024
Her earlier research showed that eastern North Atlantic orcas primarily feed on herring; mid-North Atlantic orcas feed on seals and mackerel; and western North Atlantic orcas feed on baleen whales, porpoises, belugas, narwhals, and seals.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 11, 2023
True tusks are defined as continually growing teeth that stick out of the mouth, and narwhals are the only living cetaceans that have them.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
Hippos, killer whales and sperm whales are targeted for their teeth, while narwhals and walruses are hunted for their tusks.
From BBC ● May 22, 2023
But I know she’d rather save black rhinos or narwhals.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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