Tusk

Photo featuring the tusks of an Elephant.

Tusks are very long teeth that some animals have. Tusks are made of ivory. Ivory is very rare and expensive. Many warthog, walrus, mammoth, and elephants are killed for their tusks. One third of a tusk is in the walrus and elephant’s head.

Tusk Media

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  An African elephant in Tanzania, with visible tusks

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  Tusks of the mastodon "Mammut" borsoni from Greece, which, reaching over 5 metres (16 ft) in length, are the longest tusks ever recorded.

Other websites

• Carved Ivory Tusk Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine