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Elephant tusks are made of bone, they are actually its second upper incisors , teeth. Tusks grow continuously; an adult Male's tusks grow about 18 cm (7 in) a year. Elephants use their Tusks to dig for water, salt, and roots, to debark trees, and eat the, to dig into baobab trees to get at the pulp inside, and to move trees and branches when clearing a path. In addition, they use them for marking trees to establish territory and occasionally as weapons. Like humans who are typically right- or left-handed, elephants are usually right- or left-tusked. The dominant tusk, called the master tusk, is generally shorter and more rounded at the tip from wear. Tusks are highly sought after by poachers, who will often kill the elephant for its tusks, also called Ivory. There are not gems in the tusks unless they are placed there by a human as decoration, as is often done in places such as India, where the elephant is revered.
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How would you use a possessive noun in the phrase the tusks and ears of an elephant?
The possessive form for the tusks and ears of an elephant is the elephant's tusks and ears.
What substance are elephant tusks made of?
Elephant tusks are made of ivory.
What is a sentence with the tusks and ears of an elephant with a possessive noun?
The possessive form is the elephant's tusks and ears.Example sentence:The rain was dripping from the elephant's tusks and ears.
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'.
How do you rewrite a possessive noun the tusks and ears of the elephant?
The possessive form is "the elephant's tusks and ears".
What elephant has long curved tusks?
The African elephant
What are the spikes on an elephant?
They are tusks.
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.
How do you write a sentence with a possessive noun the tusks and ears of the elephant?
Example sentence: The elephant's tusks and ears were large.
Are African elephant calfs with or without tusks?
African elephant calves are typically born without tusks. Tusks start to grow around the age of two and continue to develop as the elephant matures. Both male and female African elephants can have tusks.
A sentence with the word tusks?
Elephant tusks are now the target of poachers.
What are purposes of elephant's tusks?
Tusks are weapons, essentially built-in spears.
