White Whale; Narwhal 
high in the male), flippers short and rounded. Colours black 
above and white below in strong contrast; the white extends 
upward on the sides in two stripes and there is a white 
spot above each eye and a purplish area behind the back 
fin. Teeth 10 to 13 in each jaw, large and sharp. 
Range. Oceans, generally distributed. 
The other members of the dolphin family are easy going, 
rather timid animals subsisting on fish and smaller marine animals, 
but in the killer we find all the fierce predatory characteristics 
of our carnivorous land animals or the sharks among the fishes. 
They kill and devour the blackfish and larger whales as well as 
seals and large fishes. Captain Scammon says: ‘‘The attack of 
these wolves of the ocean upon their gigantic prey may be 
likened to a pack of hounds holding the stricken deer at bay. 
They cluster about the animal's head, some of their number 
leaping over it, while others seize it by the lips and haul the 
bleeding monster under the water and, when captured, should 
the mouth be open they eat out the tongue.” 
White Whale 
Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas) 
Length. 11 feet. 
Description. Head rounded, neck slightly narrowed, flippers small 
and rounded, no fin on the back. Colour entirely white. 
Teeth 9 in each jaw. 
Range. Arctic seas, straying southward rarely as far as Cape Cod. 
The white whale is one of the characteristic animals of the 
frozen north and though forced a little southward by the ice of 
winter it rarely reaches the boundary of the United States. In 
early summer when the ice breaks up and the herring and 
other fishes throng the bays to spawn, the white whales pursue 
them and large numbers of the cetaceans are frequently stranded 
in shallow water where the Eskimos kill them with ease. 
Narwhal 
Monodon monoceras Linnzus 
Length. 12 feet. 
Description. Head short and rounded, flippers short and_ broad. 
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