Narwhals

Narwhals All norwhals have two teeth in their upper jaw. After the first year of a boy norwhal's life, its left tooth grows outward. This long, single tooth comes out from its upper jaw and can grow to be 10 feet long. Long ago sightings of norwhals started the unicorn legends. Narwhals can grow to be about 16 feet long (not counting the tooth), and weigh about 1.8 tons. Females are slightly smaller.   Narwhals have bluish-gray with white blotches, however young narwhals are brown. Narwhals have a cylindrical body, with no dorsal fin and a round head with a small mouth on their snout. This compact body shape plus a thick layer of blubber, or fat keeps them warm in the icy Arctic waters in which they live.  Narwhals live in the icy waters of the Arctic seas. They rarely stray far from ice.

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