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Adult Male Elephants have the longest and largest tusks of all elephant species. The tusks grow around 18 cm every year. African Elephants have a much larger tusk than their Asian counterparts. They can grow to upto 3 meters in length. They can weigh around 90 kilograms or so. The asian elephant tusts are much smaller and weigh around 40 kilos.
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Why do elephant have long tusk?
For fashion
What is the name of an elephant's long tooth?
It is called a tusk.
What tusk is about 3 feet long?
the mammoth or elephant
How much is an elephant's tusk worth?
An elephant's tusk (one tusk) is worth about 700 dollars that's a common price for a solo tusk.
What are the long pointed teeth of an elephant called?
That would be it's tusk.
How do you rewrite the phrase the tusk and ears of the elephant using a possessive noun?
You can rewrite the phrase "the tusk and ears of the elephant" using a possessive noun as "the elephant's tusk and ears." This construction clearly indicates that the tusk and ears belong to the elephant.
What can break an elephant's tusk?
Only a large enough gorilla can break an elephant's tusk.
What is the heaviest elephant tusk recorded?
The heaviest elephant tusk on record weighed around 225 pounds. This tusk was from an African elephant that was poached for its ivory.
What you get from elephant?
tusk
Does it hurt the elephant when the tusk is removed?
No the elephant tusk is mostly cartilage so it doesn't hurt The tusk of an elephant has no nerve endings so there is no pain when they cut them off. Just as it does not hurt a horse to have their teeth ground annually.
What colour is a elephant's tusk?
Gray
How many pounds does a tusk weigh that is twelve feet long?
The weight of a tusk can vary significantly depending on its density and the species of animal it comes from. For example, an elephant tusk can weigh between 50 to 100 pounds or more per foot. Therefore, a twelve-foot-long elephant tusk could weigh between 600 to 1,200 pounds, though this is a rough estimate and actual weights can differ.
