They use their tusks because they can. Its a form off protection.
A wild boar [Sus scrofa] gets tusks as of the age of two years old. In the male, the upper tusks are hollow and serve as sharpeners for the lower tusks. In females, there's only the lower tusks. But regardless of the gender of the boar or the number of the tusks, boar tusks are sharp.
The African wild boar is the tusked, wild pig of Africa. The boar's scientific name is Phacochoerus africanus. The boar's tusks are hunted by poachers. The tusks traditionally are used as knife handles. But they also have artistic uses.
The wild cousin of the pig is a boar. It is simalar but has tusks. There are other differences as well.
The wild boar came out of the thick underbrush in a wild frenzy, his razor sharp tusks glistening in the morning sun.
warthogs == Boars. A boar is a wild pig with tusks & bristly (coarse) hair. A warthog, though similar, is covered in warts. The difference between the two can be more easily explained in a dictionary.
In mythology, she did have tusks.
They're called tusks.
Elephants, Warthogs, Wild Boar, Walrus, and the Narwhal.
relative of the pig. have tusks and more fur than pigs. found in forests, farms, and mountain. boar live in the city and are a mean to the natural species.
Tusks
You use the word boar when referring to a wild pig.
Boars have tusks they use as self defence! You do not want to meet a boar there fast for there big size. Boars are bigger and tougher pigs.