Ivory is formed from dentine, and constitutes the bulk of the teeth and tusks of animals, such as the elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, mammoth and narwhal.
Ivory is an elephant tusk that is made into slates for carving. It is also a shade of off-white. It's the name for the substance that makes up elephants tusks.
No. Ivory sales in Cote d'Ivoire are strictly prohibited andtightly watched. Elephant populations of western Africa weredecimated by the trade in ivory. Beginning in the 19th …century, thearea was one of the chief export areas for the ivory trade toEurope and became known as the ivory coast (common noun). Thecountry was named by the French who colonized this area. (MORE)
From the elephant. Ivory means a elephant tusks in the other word, but if you want to get it you need to kill the elephant and cut the ivory off ( which is what NOT I reccomen…d ). (MORE)
Ivory is found in the tusks of male elephants. Hunters/poachers kill the elephants for the ivory, usually the elephants are shot and once the hunters have taken the tusk the a…nimal is Left there. (MORE)
Not unless it is in the form of artwork. I believe that the mere possession of raw ivory (unless it can definitely be dated as existing in that form BEFORE a certain date (NO …, I don't know the date) is unlawful under International Law. (MORE)
There are several ways that ivory is obtained. One is by killing animals like elephants for their tusks and walrus for their tusks. Another is to find fossilized ivory left fr…om animals dead for millions of years. Each type of ivory has a different color to it and texture. For instance the African elephant ivory has more a yellow cream shade to it than the Asian elephant ivory. The Asian elephant ivory is a bright white. The walrus ivory tends toward the yellow brown shades and fossilized ivory is often light brown to dark brown. Today very few bull elephants live past 3-4 years old because they are killed for their ivory and it is hard to find an older bull elephant with a full set of tusks since they have all ready been killed by poachers and hunters. (MORE)