The tusks of elephants are modified incisors. Over time, these elongated teeth grow continuously throughout the elephant's life, serving various purposes such as foraging, digging, and defense. The tusks are also used in social interactions and can indicate the health and age of the elephant.
An elephant's tusk (one tusk) is worth about 700 dollars that's a common price for a solo tusk.
You can rewrite the phrase "the tusk and ears of the elephant" using a possessive noun as "the elephant's tusk and ears." This construction clearly indicates that the tusk and ears belong to the elephant.
Only a large enough gorilla can break an elephant's tusk.
An elephant's tusk is basically nothing more the a large modified incisior that grow throughout the elephants lifetime. The elephant uses its tusk for defense digging and eating and marking. Both females and males grow tusk.
The heaviest elephant tusk on record weighed around 225 pounds. This tusk was from an African elephant that was poached for its ivory.
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No the elephant tusk is mostly cartilage so it doesn't hurt The tusk of an elephant has no nerve endings so there is no pain when they cut them off. Just as it does not hurt a horse to have their teeth ground annually.
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Elephant ivory is made from the tusk of an elephant.
Ivory is the commonly used name for the substance of an elephant tusk.
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