3 Neat Facts About Narwhals (Including: They're Real!)

In case you didn't know, not only are narwhals real, they're rad. Hank shares some little known facts about one of the least understood sea mammals, including some insights into why they're so hard to study, and what that big thing on its face is for!

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Sources:
http://www.narwhal.org/index.html
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/narwhal/
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/08/hunting-narwhals/hunting-narwhals-text
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Monodontidae/
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/13/science/13narw.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 ** tusk is sensitive
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/In-Search-of-the-Mysterious-Narwhal.html *
http://science.howstuffworks.com/zoology/marine-life/narwhal3.htm *tusks
http://www.defenders.org/narwhal/basic-facts