August 05, 2008
Elephant tusks
Posted by: admin : Category: Facts
Elephants have four teeth and two “tusks.” Tusks are long horn-like parts that come out of the sides of their mouths. These tusks grow about seven inches a year, and can get up to twenty feet long! The tusks are made of ivory, which is very valuable.
Generally the female elephants will not have tusks and only the male has them. Many elephants are poached just for their ivory and hence they are reducing drastically in numbers. This is something that worries me a lot. The future generations should be able to see these elephants in real instead of learning them through photos. The government needs to take stringent action and punish the poachers.
