Lost Narwhal Becomes 'One of the Boys' After a Pod of Beluga Whales Adopts It

Recently, it was discovered that a narwhal (who was more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) south of its normal range) seems to have been adopted by a group of belugas. And apparently, the narwhal has been observed with the belugas for nearly three years in North America's St. Lawrence River!

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