Assertion: narwhal | /r/CapableOf | use their tusks
Facets:
value: to tap fish
type: PURPOSE
value: for feeding
type: PURPOSE
value: to attract partners
type: PURPOSE
value: for breaking sea ice
type: PURPOSE
value: for other aggressive behavior
type: PURPOSE
value: for fighting
type: PURPOSE
value: as a sensory device
type: PURPOSE
value: to sense barometric pressure
type: PURPOSE
value: to sense water temperature
type: PURPOSE
value: in jousts between males
type: LOCATION
value: to check the weather forecast
type: PURPOSE
value: as a way
type: MANNER
value: to communicate with each other
type: PURPOSE
value: for communication
type: PURPOSE
value: as tools
type: MANNER
value: to duel
type: PURPOSE
value: contrary to popular belief
type: OTHER
value: to sense their surrounding environment
type: PURPOSE
value: as formidable jousting weapons
type: MANNER
value: to sense changes
type: PURPOSE
value: to skewer fish
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Narwhals use their tusks to hunt for fish.
text: Does the Narwhal Use its Tusk to Skewer Fish?
text: It's the first time scientists have captured evidence that narwhals use their tusk to hunt, and you can see it by clicking play on the video below:
text: Narwhals can also use the tusk to stun any fish by tapping them so that feeding is made easier.
text: A study in 2014 suggests narwhals are able to use their tusks to sense changes around them in the water, like saltiness, temperature and pressure.
text: Here’s a short video showing Narwhals using their tusks.
text: It is thought that the rubbing together of tusks is thought to be a way to communicate information, and discoveries also indicate that narwhals use their tusks for feeding.
text: It is thought that the rubbing together of tusks is thought to be a way to communicate information, and discoveries also indicate that narwhals use their tusks for feeding.
text: Narwhals use their tusks as formidable jousting weapons when they are courting and also when they wish to display dominance among rivals.
text: Beyond mating, scientists are finding increasing evidence that narwhals may use their tusks to sense their surrounding environment and help catch prey.
text: Contrary to popular belief, narwhals don’t use their tusks to duel.
text: Narwhals do use their tusks as tools and for communication.
text: There is also another theory that narwhals might use their tusks to communicate with each other, generally with tapping.
text: Some people think that the narwhal uses its tusk as a way to fight or snare food, but neither of these possibilities appear to be factual.
text: The drone-enabled observations provide the first conclusive scientific evidence of the narwhal using its tusk, WWF-Canada officials said in a statement.
text: Recent drone footage shows a narwhal using its tusk to stun a fish before eating it.
text: Perhaps a narwhal uses its tusk to check the weather forecast and then steer clear of the colder and saltier water.
text: In 2017, for the first time, footage was obtained showing a Narwhal using its tusk to stun and capture fish.
text: For centuries it was believed that the narwhal itself only used its tusk in jousts between males.
text: Narwhals may use their tusk to sense barometric pressure, water temperature, or salinity.
text: Some believe narwhals use their tusk to dig in the seafloor or spear prey.
text: Because salt concentration fluctuates in freezing or thawing seawater, narwhals might use their tusk as a sensory device to determine if they are near freezing or closing ice.
text: Narwhals have rarely been observed using their tusk for fighting, other aggressive behavior or for breaking sea ice in their Arctic habitat.
text: While scientists generally agree that narwhals use the tusk to attract partners, some have suggested the whales may use it as a sensory tool to detect water salinity and temperature.
text: Last year, scientists discovered that narwhals use the tusk, a sensory tool loaded with nerve endings, to whack and stun fish before eating them.
text: New footage reveals that narwhals use the tusk to tap fish and stun them to catch them!