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Awesome Arctic Animals
Answer:
Narwhal
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Qilaluga
Tuugaalik means narwhal in Inuktitut.
If it weren't for its tusk, the 'unicorn of the sea,' or the narwhal, would
be toothless. Needless to say, it doesn't do a lot of chewing. But, hey, who
needs to chew when your diet consists of the slippery and slimy creatures
of the deep: fish, squid, octopuses and mollusks? The male narwhal uses its
only tooth to spar with other males when competing for females. So, older
male narwhals end up tattooed with scars.
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