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Q: Why do some Asian elephants not have tusks?
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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


Who do elephants have ivory tusks?

no they don't have tusks


Is it true that only Asian elephants have tusks?

no, African elephants also have tusks


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 tusks?

Yes and no. Both genders of the African elephants have tusks but the female Asian elephant does not have tusks, unlike the male Asian elephant.


Do Asian elephants have tusks?

Asian Elephants do have tusks but only males.


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 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. :)


What percent of Asian elephants grow tusks?

54%


The front teeth of an elephant are called tusks True or false?

For African male and female elephants, the statement is true. In Asian elephants, the statement is also true, with the exception that a few female Asian elephants do not develop tusks.


Do all elephants have ivory?

Yes all elephants tusks from all subspecies are made of ivory