It can grow up to three metres long. Narwhal tusks were once a highly sought-after commodity. They were often collected by Inuit and traded to gullible Europeans as actual unicorn horn, It’s possible ...

And what was the source of the horn given to Emperor Ferdinand? In the late stages of the 16th century, European explorers ...

The great spiralling tusks of the narwhal, which were believed to be the horns of unicorns, were safeguarded in Churches from London to Kraków. The horns were treasured for their purifying and ...