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Do all elephants have tusks?
No, not all elephants have tusks. Female elephants, known as cows, have much smaller or absent tusks compared to male elephants, known as bulls. Additionally, some elephant populations, such as those in Mozambique and parts of South Africa, are increasingly being born without tusks due to selective pressures caused by poaching.
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.
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.
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.
What are baby elephants born without?
Baby elephants or calves are born without tusks. They will get their tusks around age 3.
Do all elephants have tusks?
No, not all elephants have tusks. Female elephants, known as cows, have much smaller or absent tusks compared to male elephants, known as bulls. Additionally, some elephant populations, such as those in Mozambique and parts of South Africa, are increasingly being born without tusks due to selective pressures caused by poaching.
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
What animals that live in a zoo have large tusks?
elephants, walrus
What type of elephants have tusks?
All elephants have tusks, with and exception of the Female Asian elephants.
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'.
Do forest elephants have tusks?
yes they have tusks like all the elephants
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 it true that only Asian elephants have tusks?
no, African elephants also have tusks
Why do some Asian elephants not have tusks?
why do some Asian elephants have tusks and some don'tbecause female don't have tusks
Who do elephants have ivory tusks?
no they don't have tusks
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
