Monodon Monoceros

Have you ever been to the Arctic and heard the "Tickling of the Ivories"? That is the time when the Monodons joust each other with their singular parries. They have one thing in common... A singular tooth that the males wear with pride. They can swim, dive, and breach the water on their 18 ft. plus sides. They can move swiftly like the dolphin when thru the water they glide. They are not looking to skewer a meal as in the ocean they hide. What are these special creatures that roam the seas so deep. Their tusks were hunted in the middle ages as Unicorn Horns for Kings to keep. Related most closely to the Beluga Linnaeus described them in 1758. But they were well known hundreds of years before As Vikings sought their tusks so great. They do not eat Krill as do most whales But dine on Halibut and Cod. Their tastes are truly exotic As they hunt within their pod. They click and clack to each other when they do communicate. The future is getting tenuous As to what will be their fate. These are beautiful creatures whose 'Porpoise' may be related to them all. They have been oft featured on the Nature Channel, We know them simply as "Narwhal".