7 Animal Facts That Will Change the Way You View the Animal Kingdom

Narwhal tusks are really an “inside out” tooth

Narwhals are unlike most other whales because they have what appears to be a giant tusk. But that’s not actually a tusk at all—what you’re seeing is a tooth. Harvard University’s Martin Nweeia told the BBC that the “tooth is almost like a piece of skin in the sense that it has all these sensory nerve endings,” adding that it’s “essentially built inside out.”

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