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Essay / Narwhal Essay - 1587
The narwhal may be larger than the Amazon river dolphin, mainly because Mackenzie chose the dolphin for the color of the animal, while I chose my animal, the narwhal, for the simple fact that it is the unicorn of the sea. The narwhal is a special and elusive animal that is rarely spotted, this may be due to its location or its small numbers, with a population of narwhals Between 45,000 and 50,000 individuals, these elusive whales are few in number. The Narwhal is a fascinating animal and although it is rarely seen, it has created many legends in the past, including that of the unicorn. The narwhal has become known around the world and has even inspired several songs, tales, old Viking ballads and, occasionally, fairy tales. The narwhal even made his way into a few films and received a chapter in Moby Dick. The name narwhal is literally translated. to "corpse whale", it is called so because the color of the narwhal's body is one that can be unmistakable, the speckled gray is almost the color of something lifeless. Although the little whale is named after Death itself, the narwhal still has many similarities with the cheerful creatures of the sea, the dolphins. They both use echolocation to speak, they both belong to the whale family, and they both have songs. The narwhal is a small whale that has what looks like a horn growing out of its head. This horn is actually a tooth protruding from its skull. The narwhal does not have a dorsal fin and has fins for swimming. The particularity of its fins is that they are raised. The taxonomy of an animal is basically the long scientific name of said animal which is in Latin, this is so that any animal is able...... middle of paper ......can help them . The narwhal is a creature that people have loved and wanting to do something about their danger is the first step in achieving that. The narwhal needs help because everything is against it, the research carried out on it is very little compared to that of other marine species, the narwhal is in competition for its survival with the orca (killer whale), another whale in endangered, as well as the fact that orcas like to eat narwhals does not go unnoticed by marine researchers, with narwhals at the bottom of the food chain, the odds are severely stacked against them, the narwhal needs the help of humans and so that's what researchers are trying to do, getting to know about whales will help us know how to help them. The narwhal is amazing and is one of God's most beautiful creations, so it is our responsibility to take care of it..