Track the narwhal in the Arctic

Information on the site mongabay.com said a group of scientists from the International Fund for Nature Protection in Canada (WWF-Canada) has attached a satellite signal generator to 9 narwhals in August 2011 to follow Watch live activities of one of the most mysterious animals of the ocean.

'The satellite signal generator program on the narwhal is an opportunity for us to better understand this toothed whale while their surroundings are changing. We know their lives are often associated with sea ice and we also know that the sea ice is shrinking.

WWF is trying to understand how the narwhal species and other ice-dependent animals in the Arctic can adapt to changing environments; Through that, we will take measures to protect them, ' said Peter Ewins, who works at WWF-Canada, who is in charge of research and monitoring of narwhal species.

WWF-Canada scientists attach signal generators
satellite signal on a narwhal - (Photo: WWF)

The narwhal (monodon monoceros ) is also known as the whale with ivory belonging to the toothed whale subfamily. WWF scientists said that the population of these species is about 80,000 mature individuals, classified as ' Nearly threatened (NT)' in the Red Book of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In addition to being threatened by the narrow North Sea ice, narwhal is also in danger when colliding with oil and gas exploration and exploitation rigs in the Arctic and with maritime routes.