2007-03-03 02:20:00 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
its their tooth. same thing your teeth are made of
2007-03-03 02:23:11 · answer #1 · answered by Samantha 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An elephant's tusk is made out of ivory. Ivory is very expensive and is considered to be a very luxurious material, and there is a very large illegal market of it in many Asian countries. It is very hard to find and it is used to make a lot of things such as chopsticks, and now mainly piano keys. Because of the difficulty in getting ivory, and of the greed in some people, there are a large number of elephants in Asia being inhumanely slaughtered for their tusks. Tusks are only found on the male elephant in Asia, so there is a shortage of male elephants. The cruelty of collecting ivory to sell for profit has been going on for a very long time and still is the centre of controversy between animal activists. It isn't very nice to be killed just because some hunter wants your teeth to be made into chopsticks and piano keys.
2007-03-03 10:36:08 · answer #2 · answered by generations26 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An elephants tusk is make out of ivory.
2007-03-03 10:25:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, they're teeth. So they are made of what teeth are made of. Really quite similar to yours: pulp, dentine, cementum and the enamel. Some people may say ivory but they are ivory not really made ivory. In that sense, your teeth are ivory too. Ivory, as you may know is valuable. Elephants are poached for it. It's too bad since you still can have the ivory from them, you just wait for them to live their life out. You get bigger tusks too.
2007-03-03 10:29:47 · answer #4 · answered by Steadiman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ivory---NOUN: 1a. A hard, smooth, yellowish-white substance composed primarily of dentin that forms the tusks of the elephant. b. A similar substance forming the tusks or teeth of certain other mammals, such as the walrus.
2007-03-03 10:23:55 · answer #5 · answered by HoneyBunny 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the tusk of an elephant is made of ivory.
2007-03-03 10:34:08 · answer #6 · answered by Gemini893 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An elephant's tusks are really incisor teeth which keep growing throughout the elephant's life.
2007-03-03 10:26:42 · answer #7 · answered by Cotton 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They're made of ivory. At one time, ivory was used and marketed for everything from piano keys to carvings. Elephants were being killed needlessly to provide ivory. But restrictions have been passed.
2007-03-03 15:45:21 · answer #8 · answered by peskylisa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ivory, that is why elephants are often killed for their tusks. Ivory is valuable.
2007-03-03 10:23:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
ivory is a hard, white, opaque substance that is the bulk of the teeth and tusks of animals such as the elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, mammoth, narwhal, etc. yeah so i hope that helpss
2007-03-03 10:27:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ivory. That is why they are in danger. They are killed primarily for their ivory which is considered valuable.
2007-03-03 12:37:46 · answer #11 · answered by tooldaddy2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋