EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The elephant’s tusks are actually elongated incisors and are essentially no different from other teeth. It is the equivalent of our incisor teeth (the tooth on either side of our two front teeth).

Detailed explanation-2: -Ivory tusks are actually massive teeth that protrude well beyond the mouths of elephants. Like our own teeth-and those of many mammals-these tusks are deeply rooted.

Detailed explanation-3: -Elephant tusks are actually teeth. They are elongated incisors. We have incisors too – they’re the teeth at the front of our mouths, which we use for biting food. In elephants, these incisors continue to grow throughout their lives, extending from deep within their upper jaw.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tusks are elongated, continuously growing front teeth that protrude well beyond the mouth of certain mammal species. They are most commonly canine teeth, as with pigs and walruses, or, in the case of elephants, elongated incisors.