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Function of "Unicorn" Whale's 8-Foot Tooth Discovered
Harvard Medical School ^
| Tue 13-Dec-2005
| Newswise
Posted on 12/14/2005 9:41:44 PM PST by seastay
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Interesting question asked by the researcher, Nweeia; "Why would a tusk break the rules of normal (evolution) development by expressing millions of sensory pathways that connect its nervous system to the frigid arctic environment?”
Narwhals : 
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posted on
12/14/2005 9:41:45 PM PST
by
seastay
To: seastay
One for all, and all for one.
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posted on
12/14/2005 9:44:59 PM PST
by
BipolarBob
(Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I looked in my rearview mirror.)
To: seastay
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posted on
12/14/2005 9:45:51 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Leftism is the INSANE Cult of the Artificial)
To: seastay
I tell ya, this place is better than the Discovery Channel.
< |:)~
To: PatrickHenry
Interesting bit of natural history.
Can't imagine a narwhale toothache.
To: Virginia-American
Wonder what the Narwhale tooth fairy is like?
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posted on
12/14/2005 9:49:17 PM PST
by
claudiustg
(Go Bush! Go Sharon!)
To: seastay
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posted on
12/14/2005 9:50:10 PM PST
by
Danette
("If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.")
To: seastay
...the whales are likely experiencing a unique sensation.Ted Kennedy better keep an eye out for Barney Frank
To: seastay; Tijeras_Slim
The next challenge for the good doctor.
To: seastay
If I was a Narwhal, I'd use my tusk to puncture little kids' beach balls. Why don't they look into that?
(They think they're so smart, with their fancy book-learnin')
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posted on
12/14/2005 9:52:30 PM PST
by
emiller
To: BipolarBob
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posted on
12/14/2005 10:06:49 PM PST
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: seastay
there is no way that those "teeth" are that sensitive. If they were any bump or touch would be tremendously painful.
Unless of course there is a sort natural "lidocaine" that will protect the animal...
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posted on
12/14/2005 10:07:17 PM PST
by
p[adre29
(Arma in armatos)
To: ariamne; Fred Nerks; jan in Colorado; USF; Dark Skies; Former Dodger
Interesting scientific discovery ping.
A.A.C.
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posted on
12/14/2005 10:39:30 PM PST
by
AmericanArchConservative
(Armour on, Lances high, Swords out, Bows drawn, Shields front ... Eagles UP!)
To: AmericanArchConservative
I don't know why but this article reminded me of a friend I had years ago, a champion water-skier, he always maintained that the male and female anatomy was designed by a kill-joy; in his opinion the reproductive systems of both should have been located where it was more accessible. His at the end of his index finger and Hers at shoulder height would have been ideal, he thought.
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12/14/2005 11:10:25 PM PST
by
Fred Nerks
(Read THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD free pdf download - link on My Page)
To: martin_fierro
Prolly look like their owner.
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posted on
12/15/2005 12:22:17 AM PST
by
carumba
To: martin_fierro
No. We're not from West Virginia. We're from Tennessee...
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posted on
12/15/2005 1:09:29 AM PST
by
FDNYRHEROES
(Liberals are not optimistic; they are delusional.)
To: Virginia-American; b_sharp; Ichneumon; longshadow; CarolinaGuitarman; Thatcherite; MineralMan; ...
Yes, interesting. I recall reading that long-ago mariners would sell such tusks to unsuspecting rubes as "unicorn horns."
Pinging a few evos, not the whole gang.
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posted on
12/15/2005 4:12:07 AM PST
by
PatrickHenry
(Virtual Ignore for trolls, lunatics, dotards, common scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)
To: FDNYRHEROES
Gee, you're a real hoot there, FDNYRHEROES!! Hardy-har, humor, it is to laugh.
You'd be funny, if you were funny.
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posted on
12/15/2005 4:45:19 AM PST
by
jblair
To: PatrickHenry
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posted on
12/15/2005 7:17:41 AM PST
by
furball4paws
(The new elixir of life - dehydrated toad urine.)
To: seastay
>why does the narwhal, or “unicorn,” whale have an 8-foot-long tooth emerging from its head
One Tusk to rule them all
One Tusk to find them
One Tusk to bring them all
And in the water bind them
In the Arctic where Nanook rubs it . . .
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