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well i think taht most of the time they kill elephants with there gunns!
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∙ 11y agowellmany things can kill elephants but the one thing is other elephants. Also many people kill elephants to sell the tusk for money.
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Why do people use elephants?
The material of elephant tusks is what we call ivory, and it has been traded among peoples of the planet for many centuries. It is considered a precious substance. It is used in sculptures and in ornamentation. Additionally, it used to be used for piano keys and billiard balls.
Why do men hunt on elephants?
People used to hunt elephants so that they could get their tusks. Ivory was used to make beautiful jewelry and statues.
Why are elephants' tusks so valuable?
Tusks are ivory. Ivory is rare. Humans become obsessed with rare items---including obsessed enough to kill to get the items.
Why do poachers hunt elephants?
Mankind has hunted elephants for a very long time. In prehistoric times, men went on hunting trips to hunt mammoths, which were cousins to elephants. There are three known species of elephants around today. They are: the African elephant, which has very large ears; the Indian elephant, which has much smaller ears and lives in India; and the recently classified Forest elephant. Over the years, elephants have been hunted for two main reasons: the meat could feed a whole village; and most importantly the two long tusks can be sold for a lot of money. Some other elephant products are leather made of its skin, and there was a time when the feet were used to make umbrella stands. Tusks, which are made of ivory, became so valuable that poachers would hunt and kill dozens of elephants in one night, just to butcher them for the tusks. The rest of the animal would be left behind. This awful practice is so bad that there are very few elephants left in the wild. The sale and trade of ivory has been severely restricted in recent years, but sadly, that has not stopped the illegal killing of elephants. The situation is so bad in Africa, that men who are assigned to protect the elephant herds are allowed to kill poachers when necessary.
Why are there so few elephants and so many cows?
Because elephants are not as easily grown as cattle and they cannot be used for meat or milk production such as the cow can. Elephants require much more space than cattle, higher amount of caution due to their size, and are not adapted to colder climates.
What where elephants used for?
Elephants Tusks are used for paino keys and art. They are killed for their tusks.
What do African elephants use there tusks ears and there trunk for?
African elephants use tusks as weapons (and sometimes as digging tools), ears for both hearing and cooling, and the trunk is used to pick things up and move them around as needed, and also as a hose (elephants like to bathe).
Why does an African elephant have horns?
Elephants don't have horns, they have tusks. The tusks can be used for fighting, and to knock trees over to get to edible leaves and branches.
Why elephants are used for its teeth?
Elephants are hunted for their tusks, not their teeth. Tusks are used to make Ivory ornaments and artifacts, which is an illegal activity in most countries aroung the world.
From what animal do you get ivory?
Elephant tusks mainly. It also come from the tusks of Walrus, and Boars.
Were elephants used in ww1?
In India they were used to load heavy things with their tusks
Why do people use elephants?
The material of elephant tusks is what we call ivory, and it has been traded among peoples of the planet for many centuries. It is considered a precious substance. It is used in sculptures and in ornamentation. Additionally, it used to be used for piano keys and billiard balls.
What are the reasons for he increase in rhino poaching?
Elephant tusks are made of ivory, which is used in jewelry. Poachers kill the elephants and take the tusks because ivory can bring a huge profit, especially in large quantities. Killing elephants for ivory is now illegal in most African countries. Rhinos are now being poached as well.
Why do men hunt on elephants?
People used to hunt elephants so that they could get their tusks. Ivory was used to make beautiful jewelry and statues.
What do people do with the bodies after killing elephants?
In most cases, nothing. Most elephants are killed for their tusks which is used in the illegal ivory trade. Once they have cut off the tusks, they have no use for the rest of the body so they leave it.
Why are elephants' tusks so valuable?
Tusks are ivory. Ivory is rare. Humans become obsessed with rare items---including obsessed enough to kill to get the items.
What is a elephants trunk used for?
They're called teeth. The extended upper incisors are called tusks.
