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Tusks are ivory. Ivory is rare. Humans become obsessed with rare items---including obsessed enough to kill to get the items.
Maude Kulas
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∙ 15y agoElephant and rhino tusks are believed to be medicine by some people and are used by some religious practises. But there is no substantiation of this.
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∙ 7y agoTusks are ivory. Ivory is rare. Humans become obsessed with rare items---including obsessed enough to kill to get the items.
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∙ 14y agoThe demand is greater than the supply.
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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.
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.
Who started to extinct the elephants?
Poachers were hunting them down for their valuable tusks.
Why are tuskless elephants more likely to reproduce in Africa?
This all happens because the tusks of the elephants are very valuable to hunters and the ones with tusks are less likely to survive because they are hunted.Over time the elephants adapt to being hunted and they are born without tusks.
Is there enough food for elephants in Africa?
There is enough food for the elephants in Africa; the problem that they have is that people hunt them for their valuable ivory tusks.
Why may the number of tuskless elephants in Uganda be increasing?
Ivory, which is what elephant tusks are made of, is really valuable and poachers are taking the tusks off the elephants to sell illegally on the black market.
How valuable are the tusks?
Elephant tusks have been made into medicine, jewelry, and many other items. Though it is sad they kill elephants for this only.
Why are tuskless becoming more likely to reproduce than ones with tusks?
This all happens because the tusks of the elephants are very valuable to hunters and the ones with tusks are less likely to survive because they are hunted.Over time the elephants adapt to being hunted and they are born without tusks.
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 many people capturing and killing animals?
In most cases, animals are killed so that they can be eaten. There are exceptions. Elephants are killed for their valuable 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
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.
