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What are the offspring called...

narlugas

belwhals

..?

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It depends, probably. I know with big cats it depends on which species is the father and mother.

Tigons and Ligers are both a thing.

With regard to horses and donkeys a "mule" is the offspring of a male donkey and female horse [1], while a "hinny" is the offspring of a female donkey and a male horse [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mule

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinny

TIL: Hinny

I'm just going to propose: Unicorn Belugas.

Also makes a great band name

Sea Nonecorn?

Belugacorns

There was an article in The Atlantic with a bit more info, but the hunter that killed it initially called it a narluga. That stuck in spite of the convention being backwards: the genetics suggest the mother was a narwhal, which would make this particular combo a belwhal by the standard convention.

Narwhal McBeluga

Whaluga!

"narwhal bacon" is what came to my mind, an ancient story I heard from reddit

What I want to know is what did it taste like? Did they ask the native Iclandic hunter?

Meat in Cetacea is red, strong and similar to beef, but fish flavoured. Would be like eating a beef fried on fish oil. Sounds a little gross to me (but anything with a high fat content would taste delicious if you are in the arctic).

On the other hand, some Beluga meat is classified in the Toxic waste category so, probably not a good idea. They are prone to accumulate contamination byproducts and heavy metals in blubber

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