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Tusks are ivory. Ivory is rare. Humans become obsessed with rare items---including obsessed enough to kill to get the items.
What else can I help you with?
Why do men hunt on elephants?
People used to hunt elephants so that they could get their tusks. Ivory was used to make beautiful jewelry and statues.
What type of elephants have tusks?
All elephants have tusks, with and exception of the Female Asian elephants.
What weapons are used to kill elephants for their tusks?
Poachers primarily use firearms such as rifles to kill elephants for their tusks. Some also use poison arrows or spears. These weapons are used to quickly kill the elephants and retrieve their valuable tusks.
What is a tusker?
A tusker is an elephant with large tusks that extend beyond its mouth. Tuskers are typically male elephants, as females have smaller tusks or none at all. These magnificent creatures are highly prized by poachers for their valuable ivory tusks.
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.
Who started to extinct the elephants?
Poachers were hunting them down for their valuable tusks.
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 there enough food for elephants in Africa?
There is enough food for the elephants in Africa; the problem that they have is that people hunt them for their valuable ivory tusks.
Why may the number of tuskless elephants in Uganda be increasing?
Ivory, which is what elephant tusks are made of, is really valuable and poachers are taking the tusks off the elephants to sell illegally on the black market.
How valuable are the tusks?
Elephant tusks have been made into medicine, jewelry, and many other items. Though it is sad they kill elephants for this only.
Why do men hunt on elephants?
People used to hunt elephants so that they could get their tusks. Ivory was used to make beautiful jewelry and statues.
Why are tuskless becoming more likely to reproduce than ones with tusks?
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.
Why are many people capturing and killing animals?
In most cases, animals are killed so that they can be eaten. There are exceptions. Elephants are killed for their valuable tusks.
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 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'.
Did elephants stop growing tusks so they will not get killed?
I think never.
