African elephant tusks nearly double those of the walrus. An adult male’s tusk, which in the elephant’s case are enlarged incisors, can be about 7.7 feet long. Like the baby teeth of humans, elephants ...

African elephants actually include two species ... Elephant tusks are actually specialized, elongated teeth, and they keep growing for an elephant's entire life. Just like humans are right ...

Jumbo was the first African elephant anyone in North America ... results of Jumbo’s soft diet in captivity: the elephant’s teeth did not wear down. This blocked the new set trying to come ...

Unlike teeth, tusks keep growing over time ... Due to the ivory trade, nearly 90% of African elephants have been eradicated in the past century. It is estimated that 415,000 wild African elephants ...