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Rudyard Kipling wrote a famous story about how the elephant got its trunk. It was published, with other stories about animals, such as how the leopard got its spots, in a book called the "Just so stories".
The full story can be found by following the link below, but here is a small synopsis:
The story tells of how long ago the elephant had no trunk. The elephant child is portrayed as a curious creature who's questions get him into a lot of trouble with the other animals in the jungle. After asking many animals what the crocodile has for dinner, he goes in search of a crocodile to settle the matter once and for all. When he eventually finds one, he asks the question again. The crocodile asks the elephant child to come closer and asks why he asks such questions. The naive elephant child complies and comes closer and closer with each whisper from the crocodile. As soon as the elephant got his face close to that of the crocodiles, the crocodile snaps at the elephant's nose! The crocodile says that today he would rather like to start the day with.... Elephant child! The startled elephant pulls away, but his nose is still trapped in the sharp jaws of the elephant. The more he pulled the more his nose stretched! Eventually the crocodile lost his grip and the elephant sat down with a bump. At first the elephant child is ridiculed for his new nose, but soon finds that it has many advantages. Soon, all the elephants were making their way to the shore for the crocodile to work his magic! And that is the story of how the elephant got its trunk.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe Tusk is nothing but a teeth that has grown out of the skull. Just like a human teeth, it is made of calcium and other minerals. It is used as a display of size and strength and sometimes during fights or to bring down a tree while feeding. Females usually have a very small tusk or no tusk at all.
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∙ 11y agoWith a saw. The elephants are almost always dead first. It would hypothetically be possible to anesthetize an elephant and lop off the tusks while it was asleep, but in practice nobody does this, they just kill them and then remove the tusks.
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∙ 9y agoElephants do not hide their tusks.
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Do they want tusks from elephants?
Unfortunately, while it is illegal, in many places people still hunt elephants for the ivory from their tusks.
What are people making elephants tusks into?
jewllary
What do people make out of elephants tusks?
medicine
Which elephants have tusks?
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
Do all elephants have tusks?
No, not all elephants have tusks. Female Asian Elephants, for example, do not have tusks.
What are elephants proachers?
Elephant poachers are people who kill elephants illegally for their tusks. The ivory in the elephants tusk has a great demand in the illegal black market and hence these people kill elephants against the law and smuggle their tusks.
Would you change elephants tusks to elephants' tusks?
Yes, if you are referring to the tusks belonging to many elephants. If the tusks belong to one elephant, it would be 'elephant's'.
What type of elephants have tusks?
All elephants have tusks, with and exception of the Female Asian elephants.
How much do people get for poaching elephants tusks?
1222
Do forest elephants have tusks?
yes they have tusks like all the elephants
What are proachers?
Elephant poachers are people who kill elephants illegally for their tusks. The ivory in the elephants tusk has a great demand in the illegal black market and hence these people kill elephants against the law and smuggle their tusks.
Is it true that only Asian elephants have tusks?
no, African elephants also have tusks
