So this week I created the elusive Narwhal. Quite a cutie we decided on a rainbow one to add to our collection of pet jars.
There are people out there who believe these creatures are myths just like unicorns, but they are real, live, breathing creatures that can live upto 50 years. The narwhal (Monodon monoceros), or narwhale, is a medium-sized toothed whale that possesses a large "tusk" from a protruding canine tooth. It lives year-round in the Arctic waters around Greenland, Canada, and Russia.
Narwhals can live up to 50 years. They are often killed by suffocation when the sea ice freezes over. Other causes of death, specifically among young whales, is starvation and predation by orcas. As previous estimates of the world narwhal population were below 50,000, narwhals are categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as Nearly Threatened. More recent estimates list higher populations (upwards of 170,000), thus lowering the status to Least Concern.[4] Narwhals have been harvested for hundreds of years by Inuit people in northern Canada and Greenland for meat and ivory, and a regulated subsistence hunt continues.
They have become quite popular amongst kids again as there is a squishy version and the catchy tune on youtube that my daughter and nieces are forever singing. Here is the link if you want to hear it Narwhal Song
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