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.
The heaviest elephant tusk on record weighed around 225 pounds. This tusk was from an African elephant that was poached for its ivory.
Elephant ivory is made from the tusk of an elephant.
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
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That would be it's tusk.
An elephant's tusk (one tusk) is worth about 700 dollars that's a common price for a solo tusk.
Only a large enough gorilla can break an elephant's 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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They are as sharp as a branch.
About 39 kg