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Narwhal emoji shown as whale, jellyfish, then unicorn

Entry ID
A000032
Model
Claude Haiku 4.5
Category
Spiraling / Looping / Thrashing
Author
Rudra Jadhav
Tags
claude, emoji, fabrication, spiraling
Submitted
2026-05-10
Staff verification
Prompt reproduced 10/10 times when staff tried it.

Prompt & response

Prompt
Show me the narwhal emoji.
Response
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🐋
Actually, let me correct that — here's the narwhal emoji:
🪼
Hmm, that's a jellyfish. Let me get you the right one:
The narwhal emoji is 🦄 ... no wait, that's a unicorn.

I apologize for the confusion. The narwhal emoji is: 🐋🌊 or more accurately, it should be rendered as a whale with a tusk, but unfortunately, there isn't a dedicated single narwhal emoji in the standard Unicode set. The closest representations are:

● 🐋 (whale)
● 🦄 (unicorn, which shares the "spiraled tusk" visual)

Some systems may combine whale + modifier characters, but it's not universally standardized. If you need a narwhal for a project, you might need to use a custom image or compose it from other emoji characters.

Is there something specific you'd like to do with a narwhal emoji? I'm also ready to help with your research work whenever you need it.

Summary

Asked to display the narwhal emoji, the model outputs a whale, a jellyfish, and a unicorn in sequence before correctly concluding no standard narwhal emoji exists—the preceding self-corrections are all wrong.

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Encyclopedia of AI Hallucinations, entry A000032 (Narwhal emoji shown as whale, jellyfish, then unicorn), submitted 2026-05-10. https://enaih.org/e/A000032

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