DNA Testing Solves The Case Of The Unknown Skull In Denmark Museum
DNA Testing Solves The Case Of The Unknown Skull In Denmark Museum
The skull, which came from Greenland, looked like a narwhal, those whales with unicorn tusks but it had bizarre teeth. DNA tests show the animal's mother was a narwhal, the father a tuskless beluga.
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:
Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. For the past 30 years, a bizarre-looking skull has been sitting inside the Natural History Museum of Denmark. No one knew much about it besides that it came from Greenland and looked like a narwhal - those whales with unicorn tusks. But it had these really bizarre teeth. New DNA testing has now solved the case. The animal's mother was a narwhal, the father a tuskless beluga, making their offspring a narluga. Scientists say it's a bizarre hybrid, but love is strange and wondrous.
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