Tuesday, December 13, 2005
monumentally off-topic
This was just so cool I had to post about it.
Narwhals seriously freak me out. I think they are cool, but there was a specimen in the Field museum in Chicago, displayed behind glass in a large foyer, or maybe even an area with tables where children on field trips eat their bag lunches. As a girl on such a field trip, I remember staring at it, fascinated and also scared to death. What was this whale doing with a unicorn horn? And what did it kill with it? It has never made sense.
But scientists have made some new discoveries regarding the Narwhal's long tooth/tusk. It turns out it contains nerve endings, and may be used as a sophisticated sensing device. Read more at the New York Times.
Narwhals seriously freak me out. I think they are cool, but there was a specimen in the Field museum in Chicago, displayed behind glass in a large foyer, or maybe even an area with tables where children on field trips eat their bag lunches. As a girl on such a field trip, I remember staring at it, fascinated and also scared to death. What was this whale doing with a unicorn horn? And what did it kill with it? It has never made sense.
But scientists have made some new discoveries regarding the Narwhal's long tooth/tusk. It turns out it contains nerve endings, and may be used as a sophisticated sensing device. Read more at the New York Times.
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