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When they are approached for a fight they defend them selves with their tusks by ramming them into the other animal.

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Yes, they use them to threaten animals and sometimes to stab them.

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Tusks are nothing but their teeth. So ideally speaking they must be able to. But if you are going to cut off an elephants tusks, it would die.

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What are baby elephants born without?

Baby elephants or calves are born without tusks. They will get their tusks around age 3.


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