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Elephant tusks are both a valuable tool and a potential liability for these gentle giants. The desire for ivory has made elephants popular targets for illegal poaching, and it can have a ...
Ahmed (1919–1974) was a Kenyan elephant with unusually large tusks. [1] He spent some of his time in the area of Mount Marsabit, and was the first elephant to be protected under Kenyan presidential decree. [2] He was the subject of a Google Doodle on 6 December 2023. [2]
Satao was an African elephant that lived in Tsavo East National Park, one of the largest wildlife parks in the world with a large population of elephants.He was thought to have been born during the late 1960s and to have been at least 45 years old when he was killed.
Men with elephant tusks at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, c. 1900 The poaching of elephants for their ivory, meat and hides has been one of the major threats to their existence. [ 149 ] Historically, numerous cultures made ornaments and other works of art from elephant ivory, and its use was comparable to that of gold. [ 151 ]
The Tamil movie Kumki (2012), which revolves around a mahout and his trained elephant, shows the elephant in musth towards the climax. Captive elephants are either trained for duties in temples and cultural festivals or trained as a kumki elephant which confronts wild elephants and prevents them from entering villages. Elephants trained for ...
Elephants can even recognize a deceased family member’s tusks and show signs of grief when they encounter the bodies or bones of their loved ones. Colors and Shape It’s not just friendly faces ...
The two record holders for longest and heaviest recorded African bush elephant tusks are around 3.49 metres (11.5 ft) long measured along the outside curve, and 107 kilograms (236 lb) in weight respectively, while the longest and heaviest Asian elephant tusks are 3.26 metres (10.7 ft) long and 73 kilograms (161 lb) respectively.
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