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4 days ago · One of the first things that people think of when they think “elephant” is tusks. It’s iconic when it comes to elephant imagery, but female Asian elephants don’t actually have tusks. Many of them have short tusk-like protuberances that seldom grow many inches below the gum line. The longer the tush (we’ve seen some that are as long as 18 inches), the longer the nerve reaches down ...
2 days ago · The dominant, or "master" tusk, is typically more worn down, as it is shorter and blunter. For African elephants, tusks are present in both males and females, and are around the same length in both sexes, reaching up to 300 cm (9 ft 10 in), but those of males tend to be more massive. In the Asian species, only the males have large tusks.
3 days ago · The Asian elephant is characterised by its long trunk with a single finger-like processing; large tusks in males; laterally folded large ears but smaller in contrast to African elephants; and wrinkled grey skin.
1 day ago · 6. Elephants have about 1,50,000 muscles in their trunk. 7. Trunks are probably the most sensitive organ found in mammals. 8. Elephant trunks can contain up to 8 litres of water. 9. The tusks of an elephant are their enlarged incisor teeth. 10. The skin of an elephant is about 2.5cm thick in most places. 11. Elephants need about 150 kg of food ...
4 days ago · Juxtaposition of an ancient woolly mammoth and a modern elephant. Binia De Cahsan (used with permission) ... These included a thick, shaggy coat of fur and large tusks curving upwards.
2 days ago · In the borderlands of Tanzania and Kenya, the “super tuskers” roam. A combination of old age, genetic pooling and prolonged protection from poaching has created a population of bull elephants with enormous tusks, weighing up to 45kg apiece, large enough to scrape along the ground as the animals walk.
1 day ago · Females rarely grow tusks: when they do, the tusks are typically smaller than those of males, with less noticeable spirals. The function of the narwhal tusk is debated. Some biologists suggest that narwhals use their tusks in fights, while others argue that they may be of use in feeding.
