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minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·edit-23 months agoBecause it says high speed underwater unicorn… narwhals top at 4kph, swordfish top at 64kph.
minus-squareDamionsipher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoI’ll take a slow actual water unicorn over some billed fish anyway, regardless of speed.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·3 months agoif a narwhal is a unicorn then so is a warthog
minus-squareDamionsipher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoNarwhals have a single horn sticking out of their face from between their eyes. A Warthog has two tusks sticking out from either side of their mouth. At least their both mammals.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThe narwhal “horn” is actually a tusk, and rarely they can have two.
minus-squareDamionsipher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoFair point. Still more of a horn than a fish bill.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoboth narwhals and warthogs can have their teeth pierce the tops of their heads as they grow
minus-squareDamionsipher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoCan you explain why every unicorn horn I’ve ever seen much more closely resembles a narwhal tusk than a rhino’s horn? Are unicorn horns even horns?!
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agonarwhal tusks are teeth but rhino horns are hair
minus-squareDamionsipher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoBut what about unicorns?! Are they tusks or horns?!
Because it says high speed underwater unicorn… narwhals top at 4kph, swordfish top at 64kph.
I’ll take a slow actual water unicorn over some billed fish anyway, regardless of speed.
if a narwhal is a unicorn then so is a warthog
Narwhals have a single horn sticking out of their face from between their eyes. A Warthog has two tusks sticking out from either side of their mouth. At least their both mammals.
The narwhal “horn” is actually a tusk, and rarely they can have two.
Fair point. Still more of a horn than a fish bill.
both narwhals and warthogs can have their teeth pierce the tops of their heads as they grow
Can you explain why every unicorn horn I’ve ever seen much more closely resembles a narwhal tusk than a rhino’s horn? Are unicorn horns even horns?!
narwhal tusks are teeth but rhino horns are hair
But what about unicorns?! Are they tusks or horns?!
they’re probably teeth