Narwhals: Arctic whales in a melting world
McLeish, T. (2013). Narwhals: Arctic whales in a melting world. A Samuel and Althea Stroum Book. University of Washington Press: Seattle. ISBN 978-0-295-99264-8. 206 pp.
Part of: A Samuel and Althea Stroum Book. University of Washington Press: Seattle & London, more
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VLIZ: Mammalia MAM.85 [103785]
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Climatic changes
Disciplines > Biology > Natural history
Whales
Marine/Coastal |
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Among all the large whales on Earth, the most unusual and least studied is the narwhal, the northernmost whale on the planet and the one most threatened by global warming. Narwhals thrive in the fjords and inlets of northern Canada and Greenland. These elusive whales, whose long tusks were the stuff of medieval European myths and Inuit legends, are uniquely adapted to the Arctic ecosystem and are able to dive below thick sheets of ice to depths of up to 1,500 meters in search of their prey-halibut, cod, and squid. |
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