25 April 2011

Narwhals















In Inuit legend, the narwhal's tusk was created when a woman with a  harpoon  rope tied around her waist was dragged into the ocean after the harpoon had struck a large narwhal. She was transformed into a narwhal herself, and her hair, which she was wearing in a twisted knot, became the characteristic spiral narwhal tusk.

I find it hard to believe narwhals actually exist. Strangely beautiful!

(The first photograph was found on The National Geographic website and was taken by Glenn Williams. The second photo is part of the 'Irreplaceable: Wildlife in a Warming World' project taken by Paul Nicklen and part of the National Geographic Image Collection)

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