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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.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoTusks help dig up roots, knock down trees, male elephants use them to fight for a mate, and protection.
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∙ 13y agoThe tusks are an Elephant's Incisor teeth.
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∙ 10y agoElephants use their tusks for prying bark off trees, for digging for water, for defending themselves, for moving things, and for displays of aggression toward other elephants and threats.
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∙ 12y agoThey are used for trophies, ornatments, decorations, piano keys, knives, forks, chopsticks, bowls, chests, etc....
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∙ 13y agothey are extensions from teeth
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Do all elephants have tusks?
No, not all elephants have tusks. Female Asian Elephants, for example, do not have tusks.
What type of elephants have tusks?
All elephants have tusks, with and exception of the Female Asian elephants.
Do elephants have horns?
No. Rhinos have horns. Elephants have tusks. Horns are made of keratin, the same thing that composes hair. Tusks are modified teeth.
Why are tusk less elephants becoming more likely to reproduce than the ones with tusks?
Poachers have decimated the elephant populations where elephants have large tusks. They kills elephants for their tusks, which is known as ivory. The ivory trade is illegal except in countries like China. As elephants with big tusks are killed off by poachers, only elephants with small tusks or no tusks at all at left to mate and have offspring.
Do female elephants have tusk?
Unlike Asian elephants, in which only males have tusks, both male and female African elephants are tusked. However, due to the hunting pressure on tusked animals brought about by poaching for ivory, tusklessness is an increasingly common condition in African elephants.Both female and male African elephants can have rather large tusks. Female Asian elephants don't. :)
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.
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.
Do forest elephants have tusks?
yes they have tusks like all the elephants
Is it true that only Asian elephants have tusks?
no, African elephants also have tusks
Why do some Asian elephants not have tusks?
why do some Asian elephants have tusks and some don'tbecause female don't have tusks
Who do elephants have ivory tusks?
no they don't have tusks
Do both male and female elephants grow tusks?
It depends. 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
What where elephants used for?
Elephants Tusks are used for paino keys and art. They are killed for their tusks.
Do elephants have horns?
No. Rhinos have horns. Elephants have tusks. Horns are made of keratin, the same thing that composes hair. Tusks are modified teeth.
What mammals bear tusks?
Many mammals have tusks, including elephants, boars, and of course, narwhals.
