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Narwhals’ natural threat response could backfire as they encounter more human activity

By Kevin McGwin, Arctic Now December 8, 2017

Once relatively isolated from human contact, narwhals risk falling victim to their natural reaction to threats as human activities increase in the Arctic waters that form their habitats, a paper published in the journal Science this week concludes.

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