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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
Do elephants grow tusks?
Yes.
Do male or female elephants have tusks?
All Elephants have tusksAll Elephants have tusks
How much does an elephant tusk weigh?
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.
How long is an elephant's tusk?
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.
How long is a tusk of an elephant?
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.
What is the difference between the Asian elephant and the African elephant?
some differences in African and Asian elephants is that: African elephants weigh up to 4000 - 7000 kg and have a height of about 3 - 4m, though Asian elephants only weigh about 3000 - 6000 kg and have a height of 2 - 3 and a half metres. African elephants skin is a lot darker and more wrinkled, where as Asian elephants have lighter and smoother skin. African elephants have a concave back, where Asian elephants have a straight or slightly humped back. African Elephants have a sloped head, with no bumps, bulges or denses. Where as Asian elephants have rounded heads with some bumbs and have a dint on the top of their head. African Elephants have larger ears with a size of 4m, and the ears cover its neck. Where as Asian elephants have smaller ears and it doesn't cover its neck. In African elephants, both male and female elephants have tusks, though male elephants tusks are larger. Though with Asian elephants, yes the males grow tusks as well, but the females don't. And if they do, they are barely visible anyways. Also on the end of a African elephants trunk, it has two fingers. Though Asian elephants only have one finger. ( These are true facts, I got them off my science teacher who specialises in differences found in similar mammals. )
Does an elephant's tusks grow bigger as the elephant grows?
The heaviest recorded modern day elephant was an African elephant which weighed 12 tons. It was a bull elephant shot dead in Angola, in 1974. Asian elephants are huge, but are generally smaller than the African savanna species. Asian elephants grow up to 21 feet long, stand up to ten feet tall, and weigh up to 11,000 pounds. Females reach about eight and a half feet tall and weigh less than males.
Which elephants have horns?
First elephants don't have horns they have tusks. Both male and female African, bush and forest, have tusks. A female (cow) African bush and forest elephant's tusk grows at about 5 inches every year. A male (bull) African bush, forest tusks grow at 7 inches a year. However, most of their tusks get worn down from digging, fighting, and by rubbing them on tree bark. Asian elephant cow don't have tusks but bulls do.
How long are elephant tusks?
Tusks grow every year as the elephant grows. Instances of tusks that are nearly 10 feet in length have been recorded. On an average, a full grown adult male elephants tusk would be atleast 2 to 3 feet in length.1-2 feetThey grow to about 3.5 metres
Why are elephants so long?
im assuming you mean tusks. Anyway, like teeth, tusks are bones so they grow long...does that answer your question?
Why are elephants tongs so long?
im assuming you mean tusks. Anyway, like teeth, tusks are bones so they grow long...does that answer your question?
