They have one of the fastest escape responses of any animal on the planet, able to flee at 500 body lengths per second — 16 times as fast as a cheetah. (newscientist.com)
As human activity increases in the Arctic, there may be more chance of inciting this potentially harmful escape response in narwhals. (sciencenews.org)
More research is needed to understand why the snails show a degraded escape response, or if they may adapt to more acidic ocean conditions in the future. (sciencedaily.com)