Deer hunter stumbles across 'stump' that turns out to be super rare mammoth tusk
A hunter in West Texas was searching for some deer. Instead, he uncovered a rare fossil from a prehistoric species.
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The Multifaceted Role of Elephant Tusks: Tools, Weapons, and Cultural Symbols
You can even approximate an elephant’s age by comparing its tusk size to others of its age and species. Chemically, there’s no difference between a tooth and a tusk, but ivory continues to be ...
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7 Animals That Have Tusks (and How They’re Different From Horns)
The elephant’s tusks are made of ivory ... is a proper deer. It not only has tusks and no antlers, but it also has a ...
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Elephant tusk-loss in bizarre accident highlights growing road danger
The driver of a lorry, travelling at high speed, had no time to stop, so he swerved onto the other side of the road. One elephant managed to escape, but the other, a tusker, got its left tusk stuck on ...
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The vanishing trail of Sri Lanka’s iconic tuskers calls for urgent action
With a single tusk that made him stand out, the majestic bull elephant Unicorn was a true king among the wild herds of ...
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Customs seizes record haul of 359 African elephant tusks
Because Botswana, Namibia and South Africa have large elephant populations, these Africa countries are allowed a limited trade in ivory. Legally traded ivory is stamped with a country code. The tusks ...