An adorable 10-week-old puppy has been nicknamed a ‘unicorn’ puppy, due to the extra tail growing out of his forehead!

The cute pup, named Narwhal – after the species of porpoise that grows a tusk out of the centre of its head – was found abandoned in Missouri, USA. He was wandering the streets in the cold, and had developed frostbite in one of his paws.

Thankfully, an animal rescue centre, called Mac’s Mission, found the stray pup and took him in. A checkover at the vets has revealed that Narwhal is healthy and happy, and the rescue centre say that his frostbite is already on the mend!

Narwhal the unicorn rescue puppy

So what about that extra tail? Well, an X-ray at the vets revealed that, as far as they can tell, it has “no real use”. Rochelle Steffen, who works at Mac’s Mission, said the tail “doesn’t cause him any pain and there’s no medical reason to remove it – so the forehead tail is here to stay.” She added, “So far, the tail on his forehead does not wag!”

Narwhal the unicorn rescue puppy

Narwhal will be staying at the rescue centre – who are experts in caring for animals with special needs – until he is a bit older and stronger, at which point they will look to find him a loving home.

Narwhals live in the Arctic waters around Canada, Greenland, Norway and Russia. Their tusks – most commonly found on males – can grow up to 3 metres long!

Narwhal – we think you’re awesome. And while your extra tail may be useless, it’s a pretty cool tale, nonetheless!

Images of puppy ⓒ Mac’s Mission. Image of narwhal ⓒ Getty Images: 802148952.

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  • Nikki

    I love this

  • Lauren

    Narwhal is super cute I would love Narwhal as a pet if he was all the way in nz

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    Cutest puppy ever

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    So cute

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    I like puppies

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    cute and awesome

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    Wow he is probably a rare pup. He is really cute!!!!

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    I think narwhal the puppy is so cute.

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    I think Narwhal is a very cute puppy! I hope he has found his forever home.

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    The puppy is so CUTE!

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    cute pup, I would love to have him

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    Love it

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    Narwhal is so cute!

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    How unique! Wish the "unicorn horn" was magic! lol

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    Narwhal the unicorn puppy sound soooooo adorable and very magical National Geographic Kids ,I can't wait until your next magazine, wild life rescuers saving a species of bird in danger sound very fascinating .

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    So cute

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    Hi

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    cute regardless extra tail

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    its a really sad story but he looks cute regardless of his extra tail on his cute cuddly face.

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    cute

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    sooo cute!

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    SO COOL

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    cute dog

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    epic

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    so cute

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    clever

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    Super cute pup!

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    i liked the unicorn puppy because it was cute!!!!

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    Woah

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    So cute

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    Narwhal is super cute!

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    cool

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    wow you are so cute

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    GREAT

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    I can't believe that someone abandoned this cute puppy!!!

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    Cute

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    if yOu asK me thAT's a DoG

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    I love the show stranger things

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    He is so cute lol

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    Wow, I can't believe that this super adorable puppy has a tail growing on his head. I would love to keep him. :}

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    That’s amazing

  • Liam

    Cute dog

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    That is so cooool

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    cool never seen anything like it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    wow so cool!!!!!

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    wow I've never seen anything like that!

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    Cute

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    Cool mutation

  • sunday martins

    i think that puppy is cute and cuddly but im a bit scared of dogs and i have a cat so i wouldnt adopt it sorry everybody:[

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    awsome

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    wow

  • ValAere891

    That's interesting! It's amazing how animals can have stuff like that!

  • Poppy

    Narwal I love you and, who couldn't you are so cute and deserved to be taken of the street to an amazing rescue centre. All in all you are great

  • Zinnia

    That’s adorable

  • Zinnia

    LOL so cute I just love it

  • cutelobsterfish

    We should all be our own. We should not care about what we look like! We should all have fun in life!

  • cutelobsterfish

    awesome! Way to go unicorn pup!

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    Cute puppy, cool name!

  • no name

    It's so cute!!!

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    the dog is very brave

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    I love puppys

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    HI!

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    cooooool

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    I LUV NARWAL

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    WOW I AM SUPRISED

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    so sad yet cute

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    Narwhal you are so cute I wish I had you as my puppy .Love you

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    wow

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    Awesome! I think this puppy is truly remarkable :) I hope you find a great loving family Narwhal !

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    Yeet Yeet Yeet Yeet thank you lol

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    my sister will love this

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    I have a complete passion in dogs. please find a home for narwhal I would love to have her as a pet

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    Narwhal is so cute, Amazing, unique, clever and cool I love her\him so so much! I wish I could own Narwhal goodbye!

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    I love this puppy because it is so cute and cuddley. If my hole family saw this they would go crazy!!!

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    Cute

  • EnchantedChicken31

    Do you think it can move the tail on its head?

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    AAWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That puppy is soooo cute! I want to get a puppy like him. WE LUV U NARWHAL. Your extra tail is awesome!

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  • Amelia

    Cool

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    This is awesome!

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    That is so unusual but cute I can’t wait to tell my friend Bella. She LOVES dogs so much

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    Nice

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    cuuuuuute

  • Tanmayee

    I think that whoever abandoned the dog is not nice , we should think positive like WOW this dog has a tail on his forehead lika a unicorn

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    He is soooo cute

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    ❤️

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    SOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!

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    your puppy is so cute

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    that is the cuteist dog ever

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    LOL

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    so cute!

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    hi

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    save the turtle

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    Awesome

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    SO SO SO SO SO SO SO awesome

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    Narwhal is so cute! I can not believe he was all by himself on the cold streets! That is really sad. But it is good that he is being looked after now! : ]

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    Amazing story and awesome unicorn puppy

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    Wow!!

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    That’s an awesome tail

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    I am happy that in this word we have a new animal that has nevar ever bean seen befor.

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    cool

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    that was so weird.

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    so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    cute

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    deck the halls!

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    the dog is still cute '

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    wow

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    that is so cool

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    Narwhal the puppy is so cute

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    So cute!!!

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    wow!

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    TINY

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    Your pictures and vids are really cute and the unicorn puppy is adorable

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    awesome!

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    That is very interesting.

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    he so cute

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    happy 4 narwhal

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    This is sooooooo cool!

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    Cute little puppy

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    Cute puppie

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    Awwww!

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    awwwww

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    hello

  • Even though Narwhal is different to other dogs, she is unique in his own way

  • Sooooooooo cute

  • Olivia

    That’s incredible

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    That’s obsoletly amazing! And cute!

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    I think that's AMAZING!

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    Sooooooooooo cute!

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    This is a really abnormal scenario...

  • coolkatt

    i love him! wish he ws mine. i would call him unicorn

  • Isla

    I never knew that was even possible, when I saw it at first I thought the 'extra' tail was just a cute curl. So funny!!

  • Narwhal is so cute!

  • So cute!

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    So Cute!!!!

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    COOL!!!

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    so cool

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    so awesome and cute

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    Adorable!!!!!

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    this website has taught me many interesting facts about animals countries and cute adorable animals, you must go on this and it will help you I promise! :)

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    Cool

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    Interesting story.i didn’t no that

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    COOL

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    That’s Awesome!

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    extraordinary

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    lol yya

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    I never thought this was possible but now my heart has been warmed and you don't always realize how beautiful they really are

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    I found this really cool and I wont Narwhal to have the best life

  • this was amazing.itwas the best thing that ive ever read on national geografic

  • nice

  • Sophie

    so cute

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