-The only predators of narwhals besides humans are polar bears and killer whales (orcas).

-Inuit people are allowed to hunt this whale species legally for food.

-Almost all parts of the narwhal, meat, skin, blubber and organs are consumed.

-Mattak, the name for raw skin and blubber, is considered a delicacy, and the bones are used for tools and art.

-In some places in Greenland, such as Qaanaaq, traditional hunting methods are used, and whales are harpooned from handmade kayaks.

-In other parts of Greenland and Northern Canada, high-speed boats and hunting riffles are used.

-Narwhal have been found to be one of the most vulnerable arctic marine mammals to climate change.

-Narwhals that have been brought into captivity tend to die of unnatural causes.