Misha lived her whole life in zoos, but this elephant’s teeth are now helping scientists reconstruct wildlife migrations.
They can grow to be 10 to 13 feet (3 to 4 meters) tall ... Elephants use their tusks to dig, root for food, and defend themselves. Elephant tusks are actually specialized, elongated teeth ...
A carcass of a Makna elephant (male elephant without tusks) was found in the jungles of Bagdogra in the Kurseong division of Darjeeling, an official said on Sunday. According to Rahul Deb ...
He reached out to Hogle Zoo to get permission to extract the elephant's molars and a tusk before she could be buried. What made the teeth so useful to Cerling and his colleagues was the veterinary ...