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Then there's the narluga, a hybrid of the narwhal and beluga whale.
Reuters: Top News Deborah Zabarenko 2010
alexz commented on the word narluga
Cross between a narwhal and beluga whale .
http://m.nautil.us/issue/14/mutation/a-strange-new-gene-pool-of-animals-is-brewing-in-the-arctic
article also has grolar bears
June 6, 2014
scarequotes commented on the word narluga
https://cdn.ampproject.org/c/grist.org/climate-energy/pizzlies-narlugas-and-other-creatures-from-our-weird-changing-world/amp/
In the 1980s, researchers discovered a whale skull in West Greenland that looked suspiciously like a beluga-narwhal mashup. Since then, hunters have spotted the hybrid creatures in chilly Arctic waters. Apparently, beluga whales and narwhals produce offspring with big, burly heads — but, sadly, no tusks. (We drew one in anyway.)
While belwhal is a worthwhile contender, narluga is hard to beat. It captures the distinctive sounds of both animals’ names — the nar- of narwhal and the -luga of beluga — and sounds pretty mellifluous to boot. Try it yourself: Narluuuuuuuuga!
June 8, 2016
alexz commented on the word narluga
spotted in the news again, as a narwhal has been seen swimming with a group of belugas.
April 23, 2022