Discoverwildlife.com August 30, 2026 • 11:23

“That puzzled us quite a bit.” Scientists found another astonishing thing about narwhals after X-raying their tusks - BBC Wildlife Magazine

By Magda Patynska

The narwhal tusk is one of the more unique structures in the animal kingdom.

An international team of researchers has solved the mystery of how narwhal tusks acquire their twisted structure. The findings have been published in the journal Nature Communications.
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“That puzzled us quite a bit.” Scientists found another astonishing thing about narwhals after X-raying their tusks - BBC Wildlife Magazine

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