{"id":63541,"date":"2025-08-12T08:38:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/63541\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T08:38:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:38:15","slug":"most-magical-animals-ive-ever-seen-drone-photographer-spots-elusive-creature-with-tusk-longer-than-a-sofa-after-15-year-quest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/63541\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Most magical animals I&#8217;ve ever seen&#8221;: drone photographer spots elusive creature with tusk longer than a sofa after 15-year quest\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With their iconic spiral horn, which is actually a modified tooth, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/mammals\/narwhal-guide\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">narwhals<\/a> (Monodon monoceros) are so strange that they even inspired the myth of the unicorn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Most people will never see one of these elusive mammals in their lifetime but cinematographer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mywildlive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Gregus<\/a>\u00a0is one of the lucky ones who has.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are perhaps the most magical animals I&#8217;ve ever seen and ones that have lived in my dreams and imagination for over 15 years,\u201d says Gregus, who shared spectacular footage of one of his encounters on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DMDhAEKJAFc\/?igsh=MXZ0azlkMnRoODRvYQ%3D%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See Gregus&#8217; astonishing footage of the narwhals. Credit: Martin Gregus<\/p>\n<p>Gregus had always dreamed of seeing these mysterious creatures in real life. He finally had the opportunity for the first time in 2023 and, since then, has spent time with them every summer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In his video, a pod of narwhals can be seen from above as they swim and jostle each other with their dappled grey bodies. Their impressive tusks are visible just below the water.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A narwhal\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/what-is-a-narwhal-tusk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tusk<\/a>\u00a0alone can grow to around\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcticwwf.org\/wildlife\/narwhal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">three metres<\/a>\u00a0long \u2013 that\u2019s longer than a three seater sofa \u2013 and may be used in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/marine-animals\/narwhal-tusk-play-arctic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">foraging, exploration and play<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Image and video credit: Martin Gregus @mywildlive and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.matkopictures.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">www.matkopictures.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More amazing wildlife stories from around the world<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With their iconic spiral horn, which is actually a modified tooth, narwhals (Monodon monoceros) are so strange that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":{"0":"post-63541","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}