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PostFri Jun 16, 2017 12:05 pm 
This is another JSTOR short article. If you haven't read JSTOR you are missing something really good. The articles come out regularly and I receive a weekly e-mail. https://daily.jstor.org/the-enduring-mysteries-of-the-narwhals-tusk/

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PostFri Jun 16, 2017 5:13 pm 
who knew? and here I had thought all along they were only there so the Inuit had something to trade to crazy English explorers. dizzy.gif

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PostTue Jun 27, 2017 8:05 pm 
Thanks for showing us the answer to this mystery. I would have thought it would be for male dominance display. ~z

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PostThu Jun 29, 2017 8:24 pm 
Probably inappropriate, but sometimes I can't help it.
Cool article in in the OP link - thanks.

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