Elephants! 12 Things You Didn’t Know, Plus Photo Gallery

Written by Rhishja Larson
Published on October 15th, 2009
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Posted in About Animals, In Africa, In Asia

Elephant with huge tusks for elephant facts and photo gallery

Elephant fact 6: Elephant tusks are actually an elongated tooth (incisor), with about a third of the length hidden inside the skull.

The largest recorded tusk was 138 inches long and weighed 214 pounds. However, because tusk size is inherited, such enormous tusks are not found on elephants today. Poachers and hunters have taken the elephants with the largest tusks, thus removing the trait of extraordinary tusk size from most elephant populations.

Image: flickr.com/madpai/ / CC BY 2.0

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  1. 1
    Lucy said on October 15th, 2009 at 10:12 pm

    This is an AWEsome post, thanks for sharing!

  2. 2
    Jeff said on October 16th, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    This is my favorite photo of an elephant

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/24917549@N04/2670968997

    You should add it to your photo gallery! :)

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