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It depends. Female African Elephants have small tusks while Male African Elephants have large tusks. In Asian Elephants, only the males have tusks. Females have very small or no tusks at all. Even among male elephants, the African Male's tusks are much larger than the Asian Males tusks
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Do male or female elephants have tusks?
All Elephants have tusksAll Elephants have tusks
Do elephants grow tusks?
Yes.
Which elephants have horns?
First elephants don't have horns they have tusks. Both male and female African, bush and forest, have tusks. A female (cow) African bush and forest elephant's tusk grows at about 5 inches every year. A male (bull) African bush, forest tusks grow at 7 inches a year. However, most of their tusks get worn down from digging, fighting, and by rubbing them on tree bark. Asian elephant cow don't have tusks but bulls do.
What percent of Asian elephants grow tusks?
54%
Why are elephants so long?
im assuming you mean tusks. Anyway, like teeth, tusks are bones so they grow long...does that answer your question?
Why are elephants tongs so long?
im assuming you mean tusks. Anyway, like teeth, tusks are bones so they grow long...does that answer your question?
Can elephants regrow their tusks?
An elephant can grow back its tusk it takes about a year to get to there full length. Tusk are like a giant tooth.Yes they do they take around about a year to grow to their full size .
What is the name of the horns on a elephant?
Elephants don't have horns. You may have it confused with their beautiful white tusks that both males and females grow. If so, then they are known as tusks. They are actually teeth that grow out of the side of an elephant's mouth; and, in a perfect world, they never stop growing over an elephant's lifetime.
How long are walruses teeth?
On average, they are about 36 centimeters, or 14 inches, but can grow to be as long as 100 centimeters, or 39 inches. Both males and females have these tusks, but the male's tusks are normally longer and thicker than the female's.
How does a baby elephants appearance change as it grows?
Baby elephants are born with the same physical characteristics of adult elephants. As far as appearance goes, their trunks and ears grow larger, their bodies grow taller, and they gain weight. Male elephants grow tusks as they mature.
Does an elephant's tusks grow bigger as the elephant grows?
The heaviest recorded modern day elephant was an African elephant which weighed 12 tons. It was a bull elephant shot dead in Angola, in 1974. Asian elephants are huge, but are generally smaller than the African savanna species. Asian elephants grow up to 21 feet long, stand up to ten feet tall, and weigh up to 11,000 pounds. Females reach about eight and a half feet tall and weigh less than males.
How do you say the things that elephants have sticking out and its white?
I believe that what you're referring to is called "tusks". These are actually molars that grow out the side of an elephant's mouth.
