The Tusk is nothing but a teeth that has grown out of the skull. Just like a human teeth, it is made of calcium and other minerals. It is used as a display of size and strength and sometimes during fights or to bring down a tree while feeding. Females usually have a very small tusk or no tusk at all.
Both male and female African elephants have tusks, while only male Asian elephants typically have tusks.
No, elephants do not have horns. Instead, male elephants have tusks, which are elongated incisor teeth that can be used for defense, digging, and lifting objects.
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.
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.
All Elephants have tusksAll 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
Both male and female African elephants have tusks, while only male Asian elephants typically have 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'.
yes they have tusks like all the elephants
no, African elephants also have tusks
why do some Asian elephants have tusks and some don'tbecause female don't have tusks
no they don't have 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
Elephants Tusks are used for paino keys and art. They are killed for their tusks.
Many mammals have tusks, including elephants, boars, and of course, narwhals.
No, elephants do not have horns. Instead, male elephants have tusks, which are elongated incisor teeth that can be used for defense, digging, and lifting objects.
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.