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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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∙ 12y agoThe 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 agoThe 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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∙ 13y agoElephants use their tusks as a defence mechanism if they are attacked
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∙ 12y agoThe tusks help fight off predators like tigers.
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Which is stronger teeth or tusks?
Tusks
Did Medusa have boar's tusks?
In mythology, she did have tusks.
Do rodents have tusks?
no they don"t 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.
What are female elephants tusks called?
Female elephant tusks are called tusks. It is the same for males and females.
What type of Hog has tusks?
The hog that has tusks is the warthog.
Why do some Asian elephants not have tusks?
why do some Asian elephants have tusks and some don'tbecause female 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
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
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 are the female elephants that have tusks?
Yes. Only Male Elephants have large and magnificent tusks. Occasionally females may have small tusks.
