Narwhal

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Narwhal

(Monodon monoceros)

Narwhal home

mostly live in the atlantic and artic ocean

Coloration

  • Narwhals have a black and white pattern on their on back
  • when they are born they are a darker color then get lighter as they grow

Average Size

  • Male: 3,500 lbs, and longer than 16ft
  • Female: 2,200 lbs, between 13 to 16ft

physical adaptipons

  • they use echo location to comunicate (very hight clicks)
  • very flexible necks
  • have very long tusks

behavioral adaptations

  • feed in water
  • migration (north and north-east
  • maintaing energy

SUNLIGHT-ZONE

  • Depth: 600ft
  • Light: 1000 meters (3280 ft)
  • Temperature: 95 took

Biotic factors

  • Algae
  • Seaweed
  • fish
  • squid
  • shrim

help!

  • stop hunting narwhals for thier tusks
  • educate the public about the problem
  • watch population amount

negitive

  • hunted themk for thier tusks
  • damaging the population

study

  • go out to the ocean and put some trackers on them

Joey Hachtel

Haiku Deck Pro User