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They use their tusks because they can. Its a form off protection.
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When do baby elephants get their tusks?
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.
What is a wild animal with large tusks that is a pig's cousin?
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.
What is the wild cousin to the pig?
The wild cousin of the pig is a boar. It is simalar but has tusks. There are other differences as well.
Can you give a sentence using the word boar?
The wild boar came out of the thick underbrush in a wild frenzy, his razor sharp tusks glistening in the morning sun.
Wild Pigs with heavy tusks and coarse hair?
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.
Did Medusa have boar's tusks?
In mythology, she did have tusks.
What are the Wild Boar's huge front teeth called in Carnivores Ice Age?
They're called tusks.
Which animals have tusks?
Elephants, Warthogs, Wild Boar, Walrus, and the Narwhal.
How do you describe a wild boar?
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.
What are the teeth of a boar called?
Tusks
When to use the word boar?
You use the word boar when referring to a wild pig.
What do boar have?
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.
