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Usually in mammals tusks are enlarged canine teeth but in elephants they are actually elongated incisors. Tusks are essentially no different from other teeth. A third of the tusk is actually hidden from view, embedded deep into the elephant's head. This part of the tusk is a pulp cavity made up of tissue, blood and nerves. The visible, ivory part of the tusk is made of dentine with an outer layer of enamel. Elephant ivory is unique which when viewed in cross-section reveals criss-cross lines that form a series of diamond shapes. Elephants tusk never stop growing so some old bulls display enormous examples. However the average size of tusks has decreased over the past hundred years because hunting elephants for their ivory has resulted in the 'big tusk gene' becoming increasingly rare.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoElephants tusk are made of ivory. Many elephants are poached for their ivory. People use ivory to make jewry, art, but mainly sell it for $.
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What is elephant ivory ware is it ivory or bone or?
Elephant ivory is made from the tusk of an elephant.
What is African elephant defense?
your mom
Where does an ivory statue come from?
Ivory is the tusk of an elephant.
What is the heaviest elephant tusk recorded?
117 kgs
How much do tusk weigh?
A tusk from an adult male elephant weighs between 100 and 175 pounds, according to SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment, while a tusk from an adult female elephant weighs between 40 and 44 pounds. The heaviest tusk ever recorded weighed in at 220 pounds
How much is an elephant's tusk worth?
An elephant's tusk (one tusk) is worth about 700 dollars that's a common price for a solo tusk.
What can break an elephant's tusk?
Only a large enough gorilla can break an elephant's tusk.
What you get from elephant?
tusk
Does it hurt the elephant when the tusk is removed?
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.
Why do elephant have long tusk?
For fashion
What colour is a elephant's tusk?
Gray
What is elephant ivory ware is it ivory or bone or?
Elephant ivory is made from the tusk of an elephant.
What is the substance that forms an elephants tusk?
Ivory is the commonly used name for the substance of an elephant tusk.
Substance found in an elephant's tusk?
ivory
What is the weight of an elephant tusk?
About 39 kg
What is average mass of elephant tusk?
39kg
What hase 2 tusk?
A walrus or an elephant.
