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<description>What are the narwhals up to? Generally, we don't really know! They are mysterious creatures. NPR science correspondent &lt;a href="https://www.npr.org/people/4494969/nell-greenfieldboyce"&gt;Nell Greenfieldboyce&lt;/a&gt; talks about new, rare drone footage scientists captured of arctic narwhals. The video sparked new ideas for how they use their tusks.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read Nell's &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/10/nx-s1-5322456/does-the-narwhals-famous-tusk-help-it-catch-fish"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;full piece&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Love mysterious critters and want to hear more? Email us at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:shortwave@npr.org"&gt;&lt;em&gt;shortwave@npr.org&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Learn more about sponsor message choices: &lt;a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices"&gt;podcastchoices.com/adchoices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy"&gt;NPR Privacy Policy&lt;/a&gt;</description>

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Rare Narwhal Footage Shows New Tusk Activities

MAR 28, 202512 MIN
Short Wave

Rare Narwhal Footage Shows New Tusk Activities

MAR 28, 202512 MIN

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What are the narwhals up to? Generally, we don't really know! They are mysterious creatures. NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce talks about new, rare drone footage scientists captured of arctic narwhals. The video sparked new ideas for how they use their tusks.

Read Nell's full piece.

Love mysterious critters and want to hear more? Email us at shortwave@npr.org.

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