Comments on: Unicorn of the sea chaser (for Chase No Face) http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/unicorn-of-the-sea-c.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 18:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: mikerbaker http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/unicorn-of-the-sea-c.html#comment-1001993 mikerbaker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1001993 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQvVVsq6vYY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQvVVsq6vYY

]]> By: cjp http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/unicorn-of-the-sea-c.html#comment-1001542 cjp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1001542 Oh god, oh god. What's wrong with its face? What is that thing sticking out of it? :) Much obliged for the unicorn chaser. I heart narwhals. Oh god, oh god. What’s wrong with its face? What is that thing sticking out of it?

:) Much obliged for the unicorn chaser. I heart narwhals.

]]> By: Shart Tsung http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/unicorn-of-the-sea-c.html#comment-1001596 Shart Tsung Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1001596 Narwhal ftw. Sea Uni! Narwhal ftw. Sea Uni!

]]> By: kansas http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/unicorn-of-the-sea-c.html#comment-1001603 kansas Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1001603 Thanks. I feel better. Thanks. I feel better.

]]> By: Jackasimov http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/unicorn-of-the-sea-c.html#comment-1001646 Jackasimov Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1001646 "bye Buddy, hope you find your dad" those horns look magical we should take them and sell them! “bye Buddy, hope you find your dad”

those horns look magical we should take them and sell them!

]]> By: daemonsquire http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/unicorn-of-the-sea-c.html#comment-1001906 daemonsquire Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1001906 FWIW, Maggie has already pointed out that the narwhal and the unicorn are actually <a href="http://boingboing.net/2009/04/22/personally-my-moneys.html">mortal enemies</a>. Maybe that's got something to do with why she was trying to posit the pygmy mammoth as a unicorn chaser, earlier. But, regardless: I'm wondering how much more I could tell about my environment if I had an extraordinarily long and sensitive tooth... "Definitely a bit nippy out today--I"m getting an ice cream headache" FWIW, Maggie has already pointed out that the narwhal and the unicorn are actually mortal enemies. Maybe that’s got something to do with why she was trying to posit the pygmy mammoth as a unicorn chaser, earlier.

But, regardless: I’m wondering how much more I could tell about my environment if I had an extraordinarily long and sensitive tooth… “Definitely a bit nippy out today–I”m getting an ice cream headache”

]]> By: SonOfSamSeaborn http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/unicorn-of-the-sea-c.html#comment-1001652 SonOfSamSeaborn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1001652 Thankee Thankee

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/unicorn-of-the-sea-c.html#comment-1001659 chgoliz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1001659 Required link: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykwqXuMPsoc">Narwals Narwals.</a> Required link: Narwals Narwals.

]]> By: Hank http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/unicorn-of-the-sea-c.html#comment-1001660 Hank Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1001660 So he's got this complicated story about how the tooth is a sensor that tells the animal about its environment, where fish might be, salinity, temperature, etc. But he doesn't address the fact that only males have the big tooth. He's going to have to work much harder to convince me the tooth isn't the result sexual selection. So he’s got this complicated story about how the tooth is a sensor that tells the animal about its environment, where fish might be, salinity, temperature, etc. But he doesn’t address the fact that only males have the big tooth. He’s going to have to work much harder to convince me the tooth isn’t the result sexual selection.

]]> By: zuludaddy http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/unicorn-of-the-sea-c.html#comment-1001663 zuludaddy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1001663 +1 for the Elf ref. Interesting narwhal facts: They only live above the Arctic Circle. Never overfished, as they are small for whales. One of the thrones of Denmark is made of narwhal tusks, and there exists a four-poster bed somewhere in Britain with four said tusks for posts. They can grow as long as three metres/nine feet +. There are only about 150 narwhal tusks in the continental US, and trade is heavily regulated by the Committee for International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Any now sold in the US must be proven to have been 'harvested' before 1972, I think, or perhaps certifiable antiques. On rare occasion, a narwhal can have two tusks, but one will be larger than the other. Do love me some Monodon Monoceros.... +1 for the Elf ref.

Interesting narwhal facts:
They only live above the Arctic Circle.
Never overfished, as they are small for whales.
One of the thrones of Denmark is made of narwhal tusks, and there exists a four-poster bed somewhere in Britain with four said tusks for posts.
They can grow as long as three metres/nine feet +.
There are only about 150 narwhal tusks in the continental US, and trade is heavily regulated by the Committee for International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Any now sold in the US must be proven to have been ‘harvested’ before 1972, I think, or perhaps certifiable antiques.
On rare occasion, a narwhal can have two tusks, but one will be larger than the other.

Do love me some Monodon Monoceros….

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/unicorn-of-the-sea-c.html#comment-1001669 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1001669 Mayhap there's something even more social going on--say, the males lead the migrations, so a female would be drawn to a male that has an impressive tusk over one that's wandering around aimlessly because it's tusk isn't sensitive enough? That... just sounds wrong. But also kind of right. Mayhap there’s something even more social going on–say, the males lead the migrations, so a female would be drawn to a male that has an impressive tusk over one that’s wandering around aimlessly because it’s tusk isn’t sensitive enough?

That… just sounds wrong. But also kind of right.

]]> By: zuludaddy http://boingboing.net/2011/01/21/unicorn-of-the-sea-c.html#comment-1001670 zuludaddy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1001670 "They can grow as long as three metres/nine feet +." To clarify, that would be the tusks themselves, rather than the whole beastie... “They can grow as long as three metres/nine feet +.”

To clarify, that would be the tusks themselves, rather than the whole beastie…

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