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. The 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.
They are long horns, which go straight, then curve upward.
same value of ivory. VERY VALUABLE!
The possessive form for the tusks and ears of an elephant is the elephant's tusks and ears.
The possessive form is the elephant's tusks and ears.Example sentence:The rain was dripping from the elephant's tusks and ears.
The possessive form is "the elephant's tusks and ears".
An elephant with tusks.
Example sentence: The elephant's tusks and ears were large.
Elephant tusks are made of ivory.
The possessive form for the tusks and ears of an elephant is the elephant's tusks and ears.
The possessive form is the elephant's tusks and ears.Example sentence:The rain was dripping from the elephant's tusks and ears.
Yes, if you are referring to the tusks belonging to many elephants. If the tusks belong to one elephant, it would be 'elephant's'.
The possessive form is "the elephant's tusks and ears".
The African elephant
An elephant with tusks.
They are tusks.
Example sentence: The elephant's tusks and ears were large.
Yes and no. Both genders of the African elephants have tusks but the female Asian elephant does not have tusks, unlike the male Asian elephant.
Elephant tusks are now the target of poachers.
Tusks are weapons, essentially built-in spears.