Young Biologist
Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
A young, and ironically greedy, marine biologist wanted to be famous. At the end of a recent expedition, he explained to his team: "The narwhal's horn is used as a feeler, similar to an insect's antennae, to detect the water temperature and see if it is suitable for its own living." His team did not believe him. Why?
HintThink of the narwhal's characteristics.
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Answer
Narwhals do not have horns. The 'horn' the marine biologist is referring to is a left tooth, and surely a marine biologist would know this.
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Comments
Rowsdower 
Nov 26, 2003
| Good one! Also, since it lives in water, feeling two feet ahead isn't much good...  |
Doggyxp 
Dec 31, 2003
| Greedy + ill-learned = big mistake |
peanutt_bar
Jan 26, 2004
| good one!  |
Maria4Tony 
Feb 11, 2004
| I thought at first it was because Narwhal Whales are only found in the Arctic Circle, and so the temperature of the water I believe doesn't change very much: maybe a few degrees one way.
Pretty cool riddle though, whales are my favourite animals  |
gamerdudeman
Feb 20, 2004
| What's a NArwhal |
kcelf27
Apr 29, 2005
| How exactly does an animal BORN in the water have a choice of where it lives?? |
silly_goose
May 31, 2005
| I like narwhals |
smarty_blondy
Oct 01, 2005
| Good one.  |
eamon
Oct 19, 2006
| A nice bit of trivia wrapped a bit clumsily in a weak story. |
rose_rox
Dec 17, 2006
| Agreed  |
crocodile 
Nov 29, 2009
| I thought it was because it uses it to fight. |
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