Snapshot Serengeti Talk

Tusks missing?

  • Ajeynes by Ajeynes

    Is this elephant in a natural stage of tusk growth, or is this an injury?

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  • davidbygott by davidbygott moderator

    Tusks begin growing in very early in life, with sharp tips. The adult in 1 shows the broken stump of what was once a big tusk. Can't tell what the other side is like, but that may also be broken. Bad teeth! 😦

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  • Ajeynes by Ajeynes

    Thanks! I guess tusks don't grow back, then.... (If they did, I suppose we'd have ivory farms instead of poachers.)

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