{"id":2737,"date":"2022-04-06T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/?p=2737"},"modified":"2022-09-21T11:57:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T15:57:01","slug":"unicorns-of-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/omg_animals\/unicorns-of-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Unicorn of the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The narwhal (<em>Monodon monoceros<\/em>) has a &#8216;horn&#8217; like any \u2018real\u2019 unicorn should. But this horn is really an ivory tooth. It can grow up to 2.7 m (8ft 10in) and right through the upper lip! Ouch!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11102 aligncenter\" title=\"narwhal\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic_water_narwhals.jpeg\" alt=\"arctic water narwhal\" width=\"560\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic_water_narwhals.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic_water_narwhals-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic_water_narwhals-768x489.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic_water_narwhals-696x443.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic_water_narwhals-660x420.jpeg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>If a narwhal tusk is a tooth, do you think they need to brush it before bed? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theearthrangersshop.com\/collections\/wildlife-adoptions\/products\/narwhal-adoption-kit-plush-bundle?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=narwhal&amp;utm_campaign=earth_month22\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/narwhal_Kit.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-589524\" width=\"209\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/narwhal_Kit.png 418w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/narwhal_Kit-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/narwhal_Kit-100x70.png 100w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/narwhal_Kit-200x140.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Help narwhals with a Wildlife Adoption! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Head to the <strong>Adoptions Section<\/strong> in the App or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theearthrangersshop.com\/collections\/wildlife-adoptions\/products\/narwhal-adoption-kit-plush-bundle?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=narwhal&amp;utm_campaign=earth_month22\">the Earth Rangers Shop<\/a>! Get an <strong>Earth Rangers Field Notes Notebook FREE with a Plush Adoption Kit <\/strong>until April 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Narwhal_sponsorPlatesEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-589525\" width=\"600\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Narwhal_sponsorPlatesEN.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Narwhal_sponsorPlatesEN-300x87.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Narwhals are known for the horn on their head, but it isn&#8217;t really a horn. Find out what the horn actually is. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,409,931],"tags":[280,92,158],"class_list":{"0":"post-2737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-omg_animals","8":"category-omg-facts","9":"category-all","10":"tag-narwhal","11":"tag-ocean","12":"tag-tooth"},"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}