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∙ 13y agoelephants primarily use their tusks to pry bark off trees, dig in the ground and for some amount of intra-species conflict resolution (i.e. hitting other elephants).
They also use them as weaponry, spearing predators like lions that may pose a danger to the calfs.
They'll also use them like a table, spreading their food out on their tusks in front of them so they can get a better look at it and manipulate it more easily with their trunks.
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∙ 10y agoElephant tusks are sold for about $1,000 per pound and rhino horn is sold for $30,000 per pound so money. Rhino horns are believed to cure cancer and fever and elephant ivory is carved into jewlry or utinsils.
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∙ 15y agoThey (poachers) generally hunt species that are in a protected area. Example would be elephants in a safe protected area by law, being hunted for their ivory tusks.
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∙ 13y agobecause they do you as whole
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Where does an ivory statue come from?
Ivory is the tusk of an elephant.
What is Tusk Material?
ivory
What is elephant ivory ware is it ivory or bone or?
Elephant ivory is made from the tusk of an elephant.
What are elephant tusks made of?
Ivory The elephants Tusk is nothing but a form of Teeth. It is made up of calcium. == ==
How strong is the elephant tusk?
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.
Which whale lives in the Arctic Ocean and has long ivory tusk?
The Narwhal has a long ivory tusk.
Where does an ivory statue come from?
Ivory is 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.
Is the ivory in elephant tusk in ivory soap?
no, it is a different kind of ivory
What is Tusk Material?
ivory
Why is a narwhal endangered?
ivory tusk
What are eleptant tusk made out of?
Ivory
What is the material of the narwhal tusk?
Ivory.
What do people use elephants tusk for?
For piano keys and for some ivory orniments
What is elephant ivory ware is it ivory or bone or?
Elephant ivory is made from the tusk of an elephant.
About the ivory horn?
Ivory is an elephants tusk and a white icy colour .
How do elephants kill things?
Elephants kill thing by using their tusk. Tusk are made of ivory which is very strong which makes it eaisier for them to kill things. They also use their tusk as weapons and shovels.
