Most people can only dream of seeing a rare and elusive narwhal but cinematographer Martin Gregus had a magical encounter with these mysterious animals thanks to his drone.
“Seeing them from the air for the first time brought tears to my eyes,” he says.
Gregus, who shared his video on Instagram describes a narwhal sighting like “seeing a unicorn, it's magical”. The timid animals are typically scared off by any disturbance in the water, making it “almost impossible” to get shots of the from the water, he explains.
“They appear out of the blue so gently and quietly that you could miss them, and then they disappear beneath the waves in the same way making you wonder about what it is that you just saw,” he says.
The narwhal tusk, most commonly seen on males, is an enlarged tooth that can grow up to 10 feet (more than three metres) long.
Narwhals are known for being very shy. “For years they have been and remain hunted so they try their best to keep a low profile which makes it very difficult to catch up with them.”
Image and video credit: Martin Gregus @mywildlive and www.matkopictures.com
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