| 单词 | tusk |
| 例句 | The jaw still held teeth: fangs the length and thickness of an elephant's tusks. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Some form of natural anesthetic injected through channels in the beast’s tusks. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I have seen the little forest elephants that move in quiet bands, nudging the trees with their small, pinkish tusks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Drops of venom glistened from the tip of each tusk. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It was getting closer and closer, and any second now, one of its tusks would gore them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The interference took the form of scything tusks that ducked below Butler’s guard. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “I think I shall trade, also,” said he, putting his thumbs in his waist-coat pockets, “to the West Indies, for sugar, tobacco, and rum. Also to Ceylon, especially for elephants’ tusks.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Through the trees, she heard Nin’s voice, low and guarded, the same voice she used when she was facing down large game, all claws and tusks, ready to charge: “So. You finally found me.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Bull troll. Fully grown. One hundred and eighty kilos, with tusks like a wild boar. A really wild boar.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The dassie flopped wildly, snapping his sharp tusks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They had wild green-and-yellow eyes, two curlicue tusks, and more drool than a dog at dinner. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z It was a wild boar, thirty feet high, with a snotty pink snout and tusks the size of canoes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The Warthog tusks were oudined briefly against a patch of cloud in the dock lights. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The beast pawed the sand, glaring at me with beady eyes as it lowered its razor-sharp tusks and waited for the command to kill. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z When he smiled, small tusks curled out from his bottom lip. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I wished to use a sea elephant s tusk for the tip of the spear because it is hard and of the right shape. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Going closer, he watched them hack the tusks from a motionless elephant on the ground and haul them away, spattered with blood. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z It had ripped the king from groin to nipple with its tusks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Because the skinny neck, the pointy tusks, well, they were Fang’s, man, they were his. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Grabbing one of the elephant tusks as a handrail, Aru stepped into the statue’s mouth. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He saw large brown eyes, leathery gray ears that looked familiar but wrong, a trunk, and sharp ivory tusks longer than his arms. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Neighbors suggested their own remedies: arnica compresses, packed mud from a holy well, ground elephant tusk from the Niger to mix in her daily broth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I loosened my grip just a tad, and out popped her little screecher head, comical tusks and all. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The riders wore scaled copper armor and snouted helms with copper tusks and long black silk plumes, and sat high on saddles inlaid with rubies and garnets. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The tusks on their helms were the fangs of ravids, and the cages at their belts held scorpions, and they were not all men. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When the claw-stick caught in the bull’s flesh, he tossed the trainer into the air with his tusk. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Stheno gave her sister a pouty look, which was hard to do with giant bronze tusks. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “That thing is the size of a bull, with tusks as long as swords. Ghost would go after him if he were loose, and one or both of them would not survive the meeting.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The boar’s severed right tusk fell at my feet, while the disoriented animal charged into the sea. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z His upturned hornlike tusks were bound with bands of gold and dripped with blood. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Hit the lights, Holly. If those tusks get to work, you’ll be dead before the magic can kick in.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z We stopped on an elephant trail that led into the cave, beside a wall of rock that was covered with diagonal hatch marks made by the elephants tusking the rocks for salt. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “His eyes are the color of burning coals, and his fangs are bigger and sharper than a javalina’s tusks. But his claws are just as dangerous. He can rip out your heart with them.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z An old wound a boar’s white tusk inflicted, on Parnassos years ago. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When tusks were discovered, they were forced into the animal’s head in any number of inventive ways. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The boy impulsively grasped the tusks protruding from the mouth. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Two sharp tusks curled from under his lip. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The pillar was scored with hatch marks and grooves, the marks of elephant tusks. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “REEEEEEEEET!” it squealed, and raked the three skeletons aside with its tusks. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z "He did mat with his tusks. I couldn't get my spear down in time." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Her teeth weren’t teeth at all, but tusks that curled up and out from thin black lips. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Now black mandibles protruded from her mouth like tusks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His mouth grew tusks and his nose elongated. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Or you looked up and saw bronze boar tusks sticking out of the corners of her mouth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He danced under the tusks, hammering home a devastating uppercut with his medieval weapon. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Some of the men wore antlers on their hats, and some wore walrus tusks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They spend the night inside the cave, dozing on their feet or mining the rock with their tusks. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The engineers of the concerned municipality sawed off the tusks and shared them unofficially. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He hurled his spear at it, but he only wounded it, and before he could spring away, the boar mad with pain rushed at him and gored him with its great tusks. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He exhaled two tusks of smoke through his nostrils and for a fleeting moment looked like a wild boar. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was broader and flatter, with sunken eyes and tusks the size of bananas protruding from his mouth. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Walrus tusks gleamed and drums, harpoons, and man’s knives decorated the walls. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Another arranged the tusks so that they curved backwards on the engaging theory that the creature had been aquatic and had used them to anchor itself to trees while dozing. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Got sharp enough tusks and barbs on them tails,” said the shorter man. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The troll was gnashing its tusks, greasy molars trying to grip her helmet. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z They reminded her of hairless grey mammoths, though their tusks had been bobbed and gilded, and their eyes were sad. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was snoring softly, and I knew it was for real because his mouth was unbuckled, which put the tusks on display, something he’d never allow if he was even semiconscious. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Then there was a creature bounding along the pig track toward him, with tusks gleaming and an intimidating grunt. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z And certainly don’t think about the blood-crazed troll ready to disembowel you with his tusks. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Crystal is showing the tips of her tusks in warning. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been expanded, improved upon, excavated and tunneled into by successive Masters of Stormhold, until the original mountain peak now raked the sky like the ornately carved tusk of some great, grey, granite beast. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Her tusks weren’t much to look at, and her tail bristles seemed more delicate than threatening. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z At the end of the corridor, in a cross-shaped room that flickered with torchlight, was a fifteen-foot-high stone figure with a catlike face, taloned fingers, fierce tusks, and Medusa hair. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z This time her leap came an instant too late, and a tusk ripped her left leg open from knee to crotch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He hooked aslant with one white tusk and ripped out flesh above the knee, but missed the bone. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Twice the size of Ghost, the creature was covered with coarse black hair, with tusks as long as a man’s arm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She didn’t break my skin, but I was going to have to be careful of her sharp baby teeth and those twisting tusks. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The massive head of a hairy boar with jutting tusks hung mounted on the wall. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They scraped hides, mended boots, made boats, and carved walrus tusks. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing in the field, waiting for his friend, the elephant also had his head lowered, his tusks almost touching the ground. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z And there was an elephant caught in a thicket by its tusks... Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The conch was silent, a gleaming tusk; Ralph's face was dark with breathlessness and the air over the island was full of bird-clamor and echoes ringing. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He was asleep, his duty done, his bowels empty, one tusk resting on the earth, the other pointed to the stars. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Long tusks curved down from a wide, lipless mouth. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z You pressed its tail and it opened its mouth and you put the coin in between its tusks, one of which had been broken off and glued back on. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z No, this could only be one thing, and it was perfect in every detail, right down to the twisty tusks made of spiraling reeds. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Businessss,” hissed a large Mask with warthog tusks protruding from his mouth. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z His visor was a full face mask fashioned like a gorgon’s head—curved tusks, horrible features pinched into a snarl, and golden snake hair curling around the face. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The boar was a huge beast, with tusks as long as a man’s forearm and small eyes that swam with rage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Lit by the pale glow from the nearly full moon, Horn Rock rose like a giant gray tusk from the edge of the bluff and jutted up into the night sky. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He kicked the splintered box out of the way and the flat black body of the rat lay exposed, its two long yellow tusks showing distinctly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Her Bargain Mart vest, her flowery dress, even her tusks were decorated with 50% off stickers. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Her nose lengthened to a snout and a tusk grew on either side. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Woodland elephants are different from their grand cousins who stomp across the grasslands: they’re smaller and more delicate, nuzzling through the leafy soil with rosy-pink tusks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But given that they’re hard to find, the long tusk of a narwhal — “the unicorn of the sea” — is a worthy stand-in. Spellbound by Harry Potter and the Museum of Magic 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Kenyan authorities seized 228 whole elephant tusks and 74 others in pieces as they were being packed for export in the port city of Mombasa, police and wildlife officials said. Kenyan police seize 300 elephant tusks being packed at port city 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Chances are they would resemble the lovable little contestants beautifully carved from walrus tusks by anonymous artisans in the famous cache known as the Lewis Chessmen. Art Review: ?The Game of Kings: Medieval Ivory Chessmen From the Isle of Lewis,? at the Cloisters 2011-11-17T23:25:24Z George Washington’s false teeth were made from elephant and walrus tusks, gold, and ivory not wood. Presidents' Day trivia: Surprising facts about each U.S. president 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z With Jahan at his side or on his back, the elephant entertains at the sultan’s celebrations, does heavy lifting on construction sites and, with sharpened, lethal tusks and to Jahan’s horror, goes to war. ‘The Architect’s Apprentice’: a boy and an elephant in Istanbul 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z “You go, prehistoric! And you just start putting saber-toothed tusks on everything,” he continued. The Carpetbagger: ‘The Croods’ Team Can at Least Count on 2 Votes 2014-02-14T19:30:53Z Her necklace, made up of more than 100 white, beaded seeds, and her earrings, in the shape of elephant tusks, are symbolic of the added weight of her obligations, Carter said. In ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,’ One Scene Celebrates and Commemorates 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Watching Warthog Boy blast aliens with his tusks is one thing; watching Gomer Grunt’s family trampled by irradiated wild pigs is another. Pulling punches: why origin stories keep superhero films from soaring 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z An extraordinary 19th-century carved ivory tusk, produced as a colonialist souvenir, is covered with graphic scenes of brutality on a slave ship. Art Review: ?Through African Eyes? at the Detroit Institute of Arts 2010-04-15T22:09:00Z A daily selection of fish, including cod, wolf fish and tusk, is fried in spelt batter or baked. Cervo’s, Inspired by the Seafood of Spain and Portugal, to Open 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z You sit in the theater wearing these special glasses, and it seems like stuff is jumping right off the screen at you — tusks, fangs, snouts, claws, you name it. 'Ice Age: Continental Drift' melts under a load of 3-D 2012-07-10T19:16:05Z An elephant’s head rests on the back wall, its ears splayed, tusks stretching out over the baseball caps. I vacationed at the East Coast’s quintessential rest stop. It’s more inviting than it looks. 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Daphne M. Sheldrick has spent a lifetime in Kenya caring for elephants whose mothers were poached for their tusks. Orangutans to watch film 'Born to be Wild' 2012-02-21T12:46:04Z The ivory was all that was left of more than 100 elephants slaughtered for their tusks. Elephant in the room no more: Obama bans ivory sales 2014-02-17T15:00:00Z One room in the mansion was reserved for his fossil collection, an assortment of tusks and skulls “spread in a large room,” Jefferson once bragged, “where you can work at your leisure.” Even Thomas Jefferson's most lavish White House banquets had the common touch 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z There, north across the seas from the Russian mainland, men break through the hardened soil looking for mammoth tusks, the subject of a lucrative trade. ‘Genesis 2.0’ Review: How to Clone a Mammoth 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z With an estimated 96 elephants dying for their tusks every day, taking all ivory off the market may be their last shot. Elephant in the room no more: Obama bans ivory sales 2014-02-17T15:00:00Z Poachers usually kill the elephant to remove the tusks. Zimbabwe wants to end international ban on ivory sales 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z These men wear ornamental wigs made of human hair, and pig tusks as jewelry. Q&A: Timeless Papua New Guinea 2014-05-02T17:58:57Z A lone set of elephant tusks sits in the dark in the museum's main exposition room. Looters plunder $8.5M from Ivory Coast museum 2011-09-23T11:31:04Z Another tip-off is the lack of a face, as poachers hack off the tusks to be sold for ivory. Poaching could drive elephants to extinction in decades 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z China’s insatiable demand for ivory has driven up the price of elephant tusks to $500 a pound. 36 Hours in Nairobi, Kenya 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Acting Terminator-tough and posing in front of an Army tank, the human action figure barked, “Hey, stop killing 96 elephants every day just because of this ivory,” before blowing up an elephant tusk with explosives. How the Elephant Became the Newest Celebrity Cause 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z Below the buffalo, two tusks from an elephant, also Roosevelt trophies, hold musical chimes that were used to announce dinner. Theodore Roosevelt’s Long Island estate speaks volumes — literally — about his character 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Trees bore the telltale signs of elephant damage: leaves stripped by their trunks, bark scraped off while sharpening tusks or scratching itchy hides, entire trees uprooted by tons of force. The Wonder Women of Botswana Safari 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z It tells the story of a tiny 17th-century Japanese netsuke, a replica hare carved from the ivory tusk of a Siberian mammoth, which he inherited from an uncle. Special Report: Decorative Arts: The Revival of the Artisan 2011-10-27T11:30:10Z Greenlanders celebrate Christmas by placing red-orange stars in their windows, and giving each other nifty presents like tusks and sealskin mits. Holiday Traditions Around The World 2010-12-17T19:30:33Z These carved ivory horns — made more for display than musical purposes — are deeply but delicately incised with geometric patterns, often spiraling in wide bands down the length of the tusk. Critic’s notebook: In New York, the Met looks at African art with new eyes 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z This is Rinchen Palden, 82, a wiry man in a chapan tied with a pink sash, beady black eyes peering from a narrow face, two yellowing tusks projecting from his lower jaw. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one The cryptozoological critters are over-supplied with tusks, fangs and other pointed protuberances, usually made of clay but sometimes with found objects. In the galleries: At Osuna, scarlet makes a splash amid Hamami’s black-and-white 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z About halfway into the show, however, something appears that throws that balance off: It’s a tusk covered with tiny figures, among them shackled slaves. Review: ‘Kongo: Power and Majesty’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The artworks on display in the new exhibition "Ice Age Art" are so old that many are carved from the tusks of woolly mammoths. British Museum puts art from the Ice Age on show 2013-02-05T14:17:08Z You may not grasp who the Bluto-like creatures with simian arms and woolly mammoth tusks are or why they seem permanently engorged with rage. Review: In ‘Warcraft,’ Orcs of a Different Domain, Fighting With Heart 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z The palette is reduced and plain: bone, antler, tusk and stone are the surviving materials. Ice age carvings: strange yet familiar 2013-02-16T08:01:02Z I lent them to an exhibition and they lost the tusks. An Adventurer’s Relics, and His Living Collection 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z When Jumbo Was Toast of the Town Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, direct your gaze to this thin circlet of elephant tusk from 1885. ‘Circus and the City’ at Bard Graduate Center Galleries 2012-09-20T22:40:07Z One installation re-created such a collection room, complete with “cabinets of wonders,” taxidermied birds, animal tusks and furniture from faraway lands. In Mexico, a dazzling museum dives headlong into the Baroque period 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Their creations — from a chessboard to a 3-D elephant with tusks, to trucks, spaceships and castles — are interspersed with tips and “Meet the Builder” biographical sections. Books Of Style: Surprising Histories, With Drinks 2011-12-16T22:36:27Z Bubba the pig lounges in a pen near the barn, all hair and tusks. Aloha, partner: Riding the Hawaiian range 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The artist’s parabolic monoliths are tapered columns that evoke bullets, fuselages and the tusks of cyber-mastodons. Review | In the galleries: Depicting an energy of constant fluctuation and growth 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z She likens the big tech platforms to elephant poachers, and our personal data to ivory tusks. O.K., Google: How Much Money Have I Made for You Today? 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Elephant tusks start showing when they are around 2 years old. Watch: Lupita Nyong'o's safari hair-care trick (Spoiler: It involves a steamer) 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z I mean the tusks of the mighty Mlima, a legendary elephant struck down by poachers on the savannas of a Kenyan game preserve. Review: An Elephant’s Ghost Stalks the World in ‘Mlima’s Tale’ 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z In battle, the boar sinks its tusks into Adonis’s groin. An Opera Composer of Intimate Spareness Returns to Myth 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z She pulled out a plastic bag stuffed with tusks. At JFK Airport, every day is wild for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service inspectors 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z The cargo also included resin perhaps from India, elephant tusks possibly from East Africa and a collection of ritual vessels probably from Thailand. 'Made in China' label sheds light on old Java Sea shipwreck 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Other artefacts – such as a 32,000-year-old lion-headed man from Hohlenstein-Stadel in Germany, carved with consummate skill from a mammoth tusk – suggest that Ice Age artists were capable of imaginative works. Ice age art at the British Museum was crafted by 'professional' artists 2013-01-24T15:02:19Z A roomful of animal images digs more deeply into the specifics of environmental degradation, examining the fate of Galapagos penguins, sea turtles, salmon confronting dammed-up rivers and elephants slaughtered for their ivory tusks. Review | Judy Chicago doesn’t have time for games. The planet is dying, and so are we. 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Nearby, an outdoor park displayed the tusks and bones of woolly mammoths that once roamed the northern plains, although these fossils, like the church, were not real. Invisible Bridges: Life Along the Chinese-Russian Border 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z The animals now number a scant half-million, and conservationists say as many as 35,000 are dying annually to feed the global black-market in tusks. New Limits on Ivory Sales Set Off Wide Concerns 2014-03-20T21:05:16Z An elephant, ragged ears flapping, shuffles toward the camera, weighed down by broken tusks. Elephants in Dust 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z After their initiation into battle, it is Chief Royal Architect Sinan who brings a traumatized Jahan back from the brink, presenting him with a small carved wooden elephant whose tusks have been replaced with flowers. ‘The Architect’s Apprentice’: a boy and an elephant in Istanbul 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z The ones recently glimpsed on his runways are shaped like saber-tooth tusks. At Givenchy’s Men’s Shop in Paris, the Two Sides of Riccardo Tisci 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The size of their tusks, however, has not protected them from rampant poaching, because the tusks have a distinctive hue, sometimes known as “pink ivory,” that has made them particularly valuable. The Forest Elephants of the Central African Republic Are in Peril 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Unlike the grazing cows, the boars are menaces, destroying crops, scaring children and offending the eyes with their long snouts, muddy black hair and sharp, curved tusks. Seduced by Tuscany in Winter 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z With relief came hallucinations, the most lurid of which was the woman with green tusks who used to appear to him at bedtime. The writer who liberated the mystery story from drafty castles 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Hair and tusks, force and otherness – a wild beast drawn from nature – confront you. Drawing with dinosaurs: in praise of the artist's impression 2011-02-17T15:29:34Z The poaching of wild African elephants for their valuable ivory tusks is memorably examined in "Gardeners of Eden," a compelling documentary that's short on running time but long on emotion. 'Gardeners of Eden' shines light on elephant poaching 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z A woman is shaped from mammoth tusk, a vulture's wing bone becomes a flute. Ice age carvings: strange yet familiar 2013-02-16T08:01:02Z On the final day, the final client purchased a selection of sea-mammal-shaped toggles carved from walrus tusks. Tender Buttons, a One-of-a-Kind New York Institution, Closes Shop 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Some say the narwhals’ tusks inspired stories of unicorns. Narwhal exhibit sheds light on mysterious underwater mammal 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z The animals now number a scant half-million, and conservationists say as many as 35,000 are dying annually to feed the global black market in tusks. New limits on ivory sales set off wide concerns 2014-03-21T04:59:29Z A similarly treated life-size likeness of a narwhal tusk leans against the door. Young Photographer Breaks the Rules, Finds Success 2010-07-30T23:50:00Z Tagging along with the tusk hunters, Maxim Arbugaev, who is credited as the co-director and cinematographer for the New Siberian Islands footage, effectively becomes part of their team as they search for intact tusks. ‘Genesis 2.0’ Review: How to Clone a Mammoth 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z South African Airways initially banned trophy cargo after a shipment of elephant tusks marked as machine parts bound for Kuala Lumpur was discovered during a stop in Australia. After Killing of Cecil the Lion, Delta Joins Airline Ban on Game Trophies 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z The mammoth tusk was dug up at Ilford, and there is a magnificent rhinoceros skull found near the river below Fleet-street. From the archive, 21 March 1912: Historical exhibits from Roman times 2011-03-21T17:01:26Z All those involved in Mlima’s slaughter and the sale of his tusks have understandable motives for acting as they do. Review: An Elephant’s Ghost Stalks the World in ‘Mlima’s Tale’ 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z The animals are astonishingly realistic: horses, bison, lions, deer, carved from mammoth tusks with stone tools. These faces from the ice age give the lie to our idea of civilisation 2013-02-08T07:00:11Z Nor should the leopard skin, the narwhal tusk and the whale meat. 9 souvenirs you’d be surprised the U.S. government could confiscate 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Made between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago, they are carved from bones, tusks and antlers and depict animals such as bison and lions, as well as human figures. British Museum puts art from the Ice Age on show 2013-02-05T14:17:08Z The two large tusks in the exhibition are certainly convincing. Art Review: ‘Search for the Unicorn’ at the Cloisters 2013-05-23T22:00:41Z The Smithsonian has a collection of 39 Benin Bronzes, a name that is used to cover a variety of artifacts ranging from brass plaques, carved elephant tusks, ivory leopard statues and wooden heads. Smithsonian to Return Most of Its Benin Bronze Collection to Nigeria 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z One is scrimshaw, the carved images made on whale bone and teeth, walruses’ tusks and other artifacts of the 18th- and 19th-century whaling industry. Spare Times for Children for March 28-April 3 2014-03-27T22:34:17Z Why are all of the little walrus carvings missing the tusks? An Adventurer’s Relics, and His Living Collection 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z This is Rinchen Palden, 82, a wiry man in a chapan tied with a pink sash, beady black eyes peering from a narrow face, two yellowing tusks projecting from his lower jaw. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one How many bachelor pads can or should sport the same narwhal tusk, set of framed intaglios and cluster of geodes? You May Be Surprised to Hear That Restoration Hardware Is Doing Great 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Insurgents, including a large group of Janjaweed from nearby Darfur, overran Bangui, the capital, and soon descended on Turkalo’s site, killing twenty-six of her study elephants and hacking off their tusks. The Forest Elephants of the Central African Republic Are in Peril 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z There’s its fecal breath, for starters, and its tusks, which “are so rough as they catch on your guts.” Review: ‘The Terrifying’ Has Paranoia and the Feeling Something’s Wrong 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z “Tooth,” which looks rather like a recently unearthed rhinoceros tusk, resembles ceramic work more than anything else. At Abmeyer + Wood: the wizardry of William Morris 2013-06-20T21:54:25Z It also includes real narwhal tusks and skulls and carved Inuit artwork. Narwhal exhibit sheds light on mysterious underwater mammal 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Each one feels a different part – a tusk or a trunk – and in the end they compare notes and realize they are in disagreement. My bipolar awakening 2012-08-15T20:59:00Z In one of the best, more anomalous images, he uses shades of yellow and amber and patches of stippling to render a delicate vista of mountains whose thin, twisted peaks suggest narwhal tusks. Art in Review: PROPHET ROYAL ROBERTSON: ?No Proud Bastards??Project Stewart Home? 2011-11-17T22:18:26Z One showing an elephant with curly tusks probably indicated a dealer in goods from Africa. Journeys: In Ostia Antica, Italy, Clues to Past Glories 2011-12-23T17:05:07Z Elephant tusks are made of ivory and are in demand for jewelry and other decorations. Botswana looks into report of nearly 90 slaughtered elephants 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z And there is a monument of elephants' tusks to the 22 Ugandan martyrs who died for their faith in the 1880s. New Rome museum celebrates Catholicism's global mission 2011-01-02T17:24:48Z Instead of the whale teeth and walrus tusks that 19th-century sailors once etched, he uses a contemporary, dispiritingly abundant, analog: discarded plastics. Duke Riley: Grand Master Trash 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Sculptures and carvings are made from whalebone, tusk and soapstone. 36 Hours in Traverse City, Mich. 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z "An Apology to Elephants" also outlines the animal's importance to ecosystems and the dangers faced by wild African and Asian elephants, including habitat destruction and poachers after their highly marketable tusks. Lily Tomlin speaks up for elephants in documentary 2013-04-24T18:32:11Z Needing cash for supplies, the camp leaders recruit Bat to hunt down elephants for poachers to cut off their tusks. The Child's Elephant by Rachel Campbell-Johnston – review 2013-07-06T09:30:00Z They were succeeded by mastodons, lumbering giants with bigger brains and huge tusks but not much in the way of IQ. Why did Google pay $12.5bn for Motorola Mobile? Search me... 2011-08-20T23:05:43Z They went with a more minimalist look, giving the animal horns, tusks and a furry pelt that covered the top half of its body. The Carpetbagger: Below the Line: The Beasts of 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' 2012-11-28T18:58:21Z This summer mastodon bones and tusks were recovered at a farm in Orange County, N.Y., — in 2014, the team paid about $24,000 at an auction for rights to explore the site. Mastodons Remembered at Staten Island Show 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Lately, RH’s appropriation efforts have gone into reproducing decorative items like spiral narwhal tusks, Congolese brass ankle bracelets and carved Ethiopian bowls. You May Be Surprised to Hear That Restoration Hardware Is Doing Great 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z And in recent years, a movement to return the brass plaques, carved elephant tusks, ivory leopard statues and wooden heads that are collectively known as the Benin Bronzes has gained steam. Smithsonian Moves Toward Returning Benin Bronzes 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Horns and tusks can be sold for a great deal of money, and used as medicine and carved into ivory trinkets, respectively. Protecting wildlife is at the heart of ‘A Circle of Elephants’ 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z A carved ivory tusk at the Met shows the harshness of life in the kingdom by the eighteen-nineties. An Unsettling Visit to “Kongo” 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z The surviving cross section of Jumbo’s tusk was cut shortly after the animal was killed in a railroad accident in 1885. ‘Circus and the City’ at Bard Graduate Center Galleries 2012-09-20T22:40:07Z A sculpture of an adult female bison worked from a piece of mammoth tusk. Ice age carvings: strange yet familiar 2013-02-16T08:01:02Z He stuck the tusks on upside down so that his beast resembled a walrus. When Woolly Mammoths Roamed the Earth 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Forest elephants are smaller, with smaller and straighter tusks. The Forest Elephants of the Central African Republic Are in Peril 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z The carnage is a response to the continuing demand for bangles, statuettes, trinkets, and anything else made from tusks. Elephant in the room no more: Obama bans ivory sales 2014-02-17T15:00:00Z He sews Wallace’s arms to his side, stuffs tusks into his cheeks and encases his subject in a welter of blubber. Review: Tusk: The Human Walrus, the Crazy Carpenter and Hey, Isn't That Johnny Depp? 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z They are sometimes described as black furry creatures with tusks and horns. The seven most terrifying Christmas traditions around the world 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z The Benin Bronzes are a set of several thousand intricate artifacts that, despite their name, are mostly made of brass and include carved elephant tusks and ivory leopard statues. Germany Begins Return of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Among them are huge elephant tusks, a gift from the Emperor of Abyssinia, and a small Samurai statue from Adm. Theodore Roosevelt’s Long Island estate speaks volumes — literally — about his character 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z The Northwest Arctic Borough Assembly chambers, adorned with antlers and a scrimshaw walrus tusk, served as the nerve center for the search with Clement Sr. acting as spokesperson. One woman died on an Alaska mayor’s property. Then another. No one has ever been charged 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Poaching was quickly ruled out, mainly because all the dead elephants had their tusks intact. Scientists uncover cause of mysterious deaths of elephants in Zimbabwe 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z When their freedom is restricted, they have an increased risk of developing joint disorders and damaged tusks. Opinion: Why shouldn't elephants have rights? They're intelligent beings who can feel joy and sorrow 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z The man, who was living in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the time, admitted that the four were made from walrus tusk and Customs and Border Protection seized them. Man fined $50K in Vermont for illegally importing carvings made of sperm whale teeth, walrus tusk 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Even though it’s against the law, African elephants have long been hunted by poachers for their ivory tusks. DNA from Elephant Tusks Helps Track Poachers 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z “May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.” Ancient Comb Has Writing in World’s First Alphabet 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Every year, as many as 50,000 elephants in Africa are killed illegally for their ivory tusks. 2022 Year in Review: Amazing Animal Stories 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Henry Smith's bill would ban hunters from bringing body parts of endangered species, like tusks, to Great Britain. MP accuses peers of frustrating bill to ban hunting trophies 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Fish and Wildlife Service later determined that three of those carvings were made of sperm whale teeth and the fourth was made of walrus tusk, prosecutors said. Man fined $50K in Vermont for illegally importing carvings made of sperm whale teeth, walrus tusk 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z In some parts of Asia – especially China and Vietnam – many people think elephant tusks have special powers. DNA from Elephant Tusks Helps Track Poachers 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The comb is made of ivory from an elephant’s tusk. Ancient Comb Has Writing in World’s First Alphabet 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Now scientists have improved DNA methods that allow them to match up tusks, and help track down criminal gangs that are selling the ivory. 2022 Year in Review: Amazing Animal Stories 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z "Why would anyone want tusks in their living room?" she asked. MP accuses peers of frustrating bill to ban hunting trophies 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Some items are earmarked for the National Wildlife Property Repository near Denver, which stores a massive collection of seized wildlife items, including elephant tusks and crocodile skin purses. Lions, tigers, taxidermy, arsenic, political squabbling and the Endangered Species Act. Oh my. 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z Sometimes the tusks are made into cups or art or jewelry. DNA from Elephant Tusks Helps Track Poachers 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z What has tusks, bristly hair, and is contaminated with dangerous levels of radiation? Germany’s radioactive boars are a bristly reminder of nuclear fallout 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z She was buried with ivory tusks, ostrich eggshell, and a rock crystal dagger. High-status ancient Spanish tomb held 'Ivory Lady' 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z It held a rock crystal dagger, ivory tusks and other lavish items. Lavish tomb in ancient Spain belonged to a woman, not a man, new research shows 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z True tusks are defined as continually growing teeth that stick out of the mouth, and narwhals are the only living cetaceans that have them. This Extinct Dolphin Had Tusks That Fish Were Wise to Avoid 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z And when traffickers were caught with tusks or horns, it was impossible to say where the tusks came from. DNA from Elephant Tusks Helps Track Poachers 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The sale of ivory from the tusks and teeth of five more species will be banned under government plans. Ivory ban to extend to hippos and killer whales 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z The photo shows white shells shaped like tusks. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Many believe that governments will take steps to prevent the extinction of elephant herds hunted for their tusks, and that purchasing a few small items will not cause serious harm. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Tolstoy used to be a formidable elephant: Massive in size, revered by the young bulls, and with tusks so long they touched the ground. "Elephants speak in a language that we can't hear": Up close with giants in "Secrets of the Elephant 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z Traffickers usually hide the tusks in tricky ways inside shipments of other products. DNA from Elephant Tusks Helps Track Poachers 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Hippos, killer whales and sperm whales are targeted for their teeth, while narwhals and walruses are hunted for their tusks. Ivory ban to extend to hippos and killer whales 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z The list includes a Queen's Gallantry Medal for Darryn Frost who used a narwhal tusk to fend off Usman Khan outside the Fishmongers' Hall event. Queen's gallantry awards recognise London Bridge attack heroes 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Demand for ivory has decreased in recent years, but elephant herds in some parts of Africa are still declining, and evidence suggests the animals are evolving to grow smaller tusks. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z They are bigger than an ordinary Big Tuskers, which are very large, full-grown adult elephants with very large tusks. "Elephants speak in a language that we can't hear": Up close with giants in "Secrets of the Elephant 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z But matching tusks from a single elephant didn’t happen very often. DNA from Elephant Tusks Helps Track Poachers 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z They use their tusks and snouts to plow through fields, eating crops and digging up roots, tubers and bulbs. Opinion | Wild hogs are awful, but do we have to try to shoot them all? 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Mr Frost used a narwhal tusk that had been on display at Fishmongers' Hall and pinned Khan down, despite the risk from what had seemed to be the suicide belt. Queen's gallantry awards recognise London Bridge attack heroes 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The wild elephant, who lives in the state's lush jungles, is known for his flappy ears, massive tusks and friendly ways. Padayappa: The friendly India elephant whose fame is a curse 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z His tusks were so long, they grew all the way down to the ground, and it's very rare for elephants to get to that size. "Elephants speak in a language that we can't hear": Up close with giants in "Secrets of the Elephant 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z So Dr. Wasser came up with a way of increasing the chance of matching tusks. DNA from Elephant Tusks Helps Track Poachers 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The guy holding the tusk thought it was like a spear; the guy with the trunk thought it was like a snake. Perspective | Weight-loss diets boil down to one thing, and it’s not science jargon 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Mammoths sometimes turn up in farmers’ fields, their tusks curved like scythes abandoned in the dirt. Why I Hunt for Sidewalk Fossils 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Much of their natural habit has been destroyed, zoo officials said, and poachers hunt the endangered animals for their tusks. Jewel, oldest Asian elephant at Los Angeles Zoo, is euthanized at 61 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z And they often, for some reason, show a lot of interest in the tusks of dead elephants. "Elephants speak in a language that we can't hear": Up close with giants in "Secrets of the Elephant 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z By checking DNA from animal families, the scientists were able to match far more tusks. DNA from Elephant Tusks Helps Track Poachers 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Despite a lack of evidence to back up the story, treasure seekers using boats, diving apparatuses and technology like remote-operated cameras have gone searching, in hopes the murky waters are hiding woolly mammoth tusks. Claim of mammoth bones brings treasure hunters to NYC river 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z Nearly three metres high at the shoulder, weighing at least four tonnes, and with spectacular tusks that curve together until they almost touch, the 18-year-old Thai bull elephant is an imposing sight. Elephants: Covid and ethics reshape Thailand's tourism industry 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z "You respect nature when you see something of that size. Its tusks are bigger than my arms." Scarborough: Rare walrus sighting draws huge crowds to harbour 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Like ivory, hippo teeth and tusks are often used for decorative carvings, but they are cheaper and easier to obtain. Poachers target hippos for giant teeth in place of ivory 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z They learned that there were only a few groups of criminals that kept going back to the same areas to get more tusks. DNA from Elephant Tusks Helps Track Poachers 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z But a small proportion of females have tusks. Perspective | Narwhals, ruffs and other animals that defy gender stereotypes 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Some researchers question whether there are enough data to prove ancient ivory really is buoying the demand for elephant tusks, but others at the meeting welcomed his call to action. Booming trade in mammoth ivory may be bad news for elephants 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Archaeologists in Israel unearthed a 3,700-year-old ivory comb inscribed with the oldest known sentence in an ancient language: “May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.” Your Friday Briefing: Xi and Biden to Meet 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z More than half a decade later, by a stroke of luck, scientists found letters faintly inscribed on the object: “May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.” An Ancient People’s Oldest Message: Get Rid of Beard Lice. 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Every year, as many as _________ elephants are killed in Africa for their tusks. DNA from Elephant Tusks Helps Track Poachers 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Since the presence of a tusk is largely restricted to the males, it is possible the tusked females benefit in a similar way to the hummingbirds. Perspective | Narwhals, ruffs and other animals that defy gender stereotypes 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z About 55 African elephants are killed every day for their tusks. Booming trade in mammoth ivory may be bad news for elephants 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z The sentence contains 17 letters that read: “May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.” Israeli archeologists find ancient comb with ‘full sentence’ 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Famed for her long tusks, Dida was a major tourist attraction at the park, the oldest in Kenya. Kenya's famous matriarch elephant dies 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z In order to match more tusks from different shipments, Dr. Wasser began to use _______. DNA from Elephant Tusks Helps Track Poachers 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The narwhal, or unicorn of the sea, is an Arctic whale that has a long spiral tusk, up to nearly 10 feet long. Perspective | Narwhals, ruffs and other animals that defy gender stereotypes 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z According to Huynh, criminal organizations in Russia pay good money for private tusk hunters to find and extract mammoth ivory from the melting permafrost. Booming trade in mammoth ivory may be bad news for elephants 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Admiring the elephant tusk from India, brass plates from Morocco and hand-carved Last Supper wall hanging from Italy, I often wondered what it was like to travel the world just like Grandpa did. ‘Miles Walked, Miles Driven’: This Year’s College Essays About Money 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z The tusks were once part of a stockpile seized from poachers and held in sealed containers by the government of Burundi. Ivory seized decades ago still turning up in raids 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z The traffickers re-sell the tusks for even more money, usually in Asia. DNA from Elephant Tusks Helps Track Poachers 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The males use the tusk to attract females and warn off male rivals. Perspective | Narwhals, ruffs and other animals that defy gender stereotypes 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z “If fossils are being destroyed for tusks, you lose so much data,” he says. Booming trade in mammoth ivory may be bad news for elephants 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Like their much larger cousins, hyraxes have strong molars to grind vegetation and two incisor teeth that grow out to tiny tusks. New at the zoo Markings on these tusks indicated they came from a supposedly well-guarded stockpile held by the government of Burundi. Ivory seized decades ago still turning up in raids 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Now when tusks are found on a ship in another country, DNA tests can show where they came from. DNA from Elephant Tusks Helps Track Poachers 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z He was fascinated with the British, and nicknamed me —the eldest of his 15 sons and daughters — "Grainfeel," mixing an Arabic term for an elephant's tusk with Greenfield, the name of a local British administrator. Reckoning with colonialism: The British conquered my country — and built my school 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z Scientists should also avoid obtaining samples from unscrupulous tusk hunters, he says, as they might be collaborating with collectors who are also employed by criminal organizations. Booming trade in mammoth ivory may be bad news for elephants 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z She thinks this behavior might extend to other human-wildlife interactions, like those involving African and Asian elephants that have learned to use their tusks or logs to burst through electric fences surrounding crops. How a Garbage-Bin War Schools Humans and Birds 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z In 2004 scientists from wildlife trade experts, Traffic International, examined the stores which comprised almost 84 tonnes, made up of 15,000 tusks. Ivory seized decades ago still turning up in raids 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z In 2018, Dr. Wasser and his team used DNA to match two tusks found in different shipments and show that they came from the same elephant. DNA from Elephant Tusks Helps Track Poachers 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Israel Antiquities Authority prehistorian Avi Levy, who headed the dig, said it was “the largest complete fossil tusk ever found at a prehistoric site in Israel or the Near East.” Israeli archaeologists dig up large tusk of ancient elephant 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, as he went to grab his golf clubs from his day cruiser, he showed the rips in the tarp Freya had made with her tusks. A Famous Walrus Ends in Pieces, and Norway Is Divided Too 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z During a previous visit last year, vets from Four Paws examined four elephants in Karachi and determined that one of the animals needs a “complicated” surgery to remove a damaged and infected tusk. Global vets in Pakistan for surgery on Karachi zoo elephants 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z In recent years, Kenyan officials have clamped down on poaching, which has targeted giraffes for their meat, bones and hair and elephants for their ivory tusks. Climate change is killing more elephants than poaching, Kenyan officials say 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Officials can use DNA fingerprinting to identify the African elephant herds where the animals were poached for their tusks to help stop the illegal ivory trade. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z The tusk was found near a kibbutz on the central plain running parallel to Israel’s Mediterranean coast. Israeli archaeologists dig up large tusk of ancient elephant 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Authorities discovered around six tonnes of ivory tusks and other animal parts at the western port in Selangor state on Sunday. Malaysia seizes six tonnes of illegally trafficked animal parts 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Ivory tusks, rhino horns and pangolin scales are believed to have medicinal properties and are in high demand in the region. Malaysia seizes African tusks, pangolin scales worth $18M 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z C. Posing with Donald Trump Jr. next to a pile of amputated tusks. Your summer politics quiz 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Therefore, we revere mammals that possess weaponry to aid in their survival, from the spines of hedgehogs to the quills of porcupines to the tusks of walruses. How Culturally Significant Mammals Tell the Story of Social Ascension for Black Americans 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z The tusks, too, had been exposed to temperatures as high as 600°C. Artificial intelligence may have unearthed one of the world’s oldest campfires 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z Where the mastodon spent his life and how he died were all recovered by studying chemical signatures recorded in his tusk, scientists reported Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Fred the Mastodon’s Tusks Reveal a Life of Fighting and Roaming 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Carved ivory has distinct and visible growth lines called Schreger lines, which you can think of as tree rings, but for teeth and tusks. Elephant tusk ivory sold on eBay a decade after self-imposed ban 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z "They'll sometimes pick up a dead calf with their trunk and drag it. There have even been cases of a female elephant using tusks to carry her dead calf." Why scientists are also watching animal YouTube videos 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z Walrus tusks were transported still attached to the animal’s snout, then broken off once they were ready to be carved. Vikings shipped walrus ivory from Greenland to Kyiv, ancient skulls show 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z There’s still no way to definitively say whether the tools and tusks at this site burned in a natural or humanmade fire, Natalio says. Artificial intelligence may have unearthed one of the world’s oldest campfires 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z Also known as Fred, his tusks, like those of modern elephants, record an animal’s entire life history and enable scientists to glean information from specific days, weeks or years. Fred the Mastodon’s Tusks Reveal a Life of Fighting and Roaming 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z From 6 June, trade in elephant teeth and tusks is illegal in the UK, punishable by fines of up to £250,000 or up to five years in prison. Elephant tusk ivory sold on eBay a decade after self-imposed ban 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Some armed forces also depend on wild animals to feed their troops, or they harvest valuable animal parts, like elephant tusks and rhinoceros horns, to finance their activities. A ‘Silent Victim’: How Nature Becomes a Casualty of War 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Scholars previously thought the medieval ivory trade was regional, with artisans in Scandinavia using tusks from Greenland and those in modern-day Russia and Ukraine sourcing ivory from the Russian Arctic. Vikings shipped walrus ivory from Greenland to Kyiv, ancient skulls show 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z The massive beasts have a penchant for ripping off bumpers, tusking doors, and sitting on hoods. On the hunt for new viruses, this bat-trapping scientist hopes to prevent future pandemics 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Thus, the scientists could specifically sample areas within its tusk from its adolescence and adulthood and determine how its migration changed over time. Fred the Mastodon’s Tusks Reveal a Life of Fighting and Roaming 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z The agents also recorded stuffed specimens of cheetah, leopard, lion, lynx, polar bear, snow panther and white rhinoceros, among others, as well as 198 large ivory tusks from elephants. Spain probes private taxidermy museum with 1,000 animals 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z His elephant’s tusks are already being prepared for shipment to his home in Texas. U.S. Allows Hunters to Import Some Elephant Trophies From African Countries 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z And cut marks on the skull fragments, perhaps made as decoration or to help snap out the tusks, resembled similar marks on Scandinavian finds. Vikings shipped walrus ivory from Greenland to Kyiv, ancient skulls show 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z However, some of the seals portray beasts with parts of several different animals—for example, the head of a man, an elephant trunk and tusks, horns of a bull, and the rump of a tiger. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This migratory detective work focused on strontium and oxygen isotopes in the tusks. Fred the Mastodon’s Tusks Reveal a Life of Fighting and Roaming 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Their work found that genetic testing on elephant ivory tusks can be used to identify tusks from the same individual or its relatives, across dozens of different ivory seizures. How UW scientists are using DNA testing to disrupt international ivory smuggling networks 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z He has now amassed samples from the tusks of more than 4,300 elephants trafficked out of Africa between 1995 and today. DNA analysis of elephant ivory reveals trafficking networks 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z For decades, feral swine, armed with their knife-sharp tusks that protrude from snouty mouths, have torn up fields of corn, peanut and cotton in wide swathes of Texas and the South, causing what the U.S. The rampaging pigs of the San Francisco Bay Area 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z With international aid, he rebuilt and equipped KWS’s ranger force and actively supported a ban against international trade in ivory, focusing world attention on the issue by having Moi torch a tower of tusks. Renowned paleoanthropologist, conservationist Richard Leakey dies 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z Daniel Fisher, a paleontologist at the University of Michigan and also an author of the study, explained that pits on the surface of a mastodon’s tusk are just one trace injuries leave behind. Fred the Mastodon’s Tusks Reveal a Life of Fighting and Roaming 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z The new analysis expands the genotyping testing to identify tusks of elephants that were close relatives, like parents, siblings and half siblings. How UW scientists are using DNA testing to disrupt international ivory smuggling networks 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z In 2004, Wasser demonstrated that DNA from elephant tusks and dung could be used to pinpoint their home location to within a few hundred miles. DNA analysis of elephant ivory reveals trafficking networks 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z He also spearheaded campaigns to stop poaching in Kenya, helping reduce the number of elephants being killed for their tusks. Richard Leakey: Kenyan conservationist dies aged 77 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z Check out this rare mammoth tusk recovered from the ocean! Mammoth graveyard: Fossil hunters describe thrill of discovery 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z This affects internal growth within the tusk, leaving signs of which season the injury occurred in. Fred the Mastodon’s Tusks Reveal a Life of Fighting and Roaming 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Feral pigs have been called the “rototillers” of nature because with their long snout and tusks they rip and root for food. The Top 10 invaders in Washington: Wild pigs, monster fish, killer flowers and more 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z In 2018, he recognized that finding identical DNA in tusks from two different ivory seizures meant they were harvested from the same animal – and likely trafficked by the same poaching network. DNA analysis of elephant ivory reveals trafficking networks 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z By analyzing the chemicals in a 17,100-year-old tusk, scientists found the mammoth walked far enough to loop around the world twice—likely in search of food and a mate. Mammoth Tusk Reveals Ancient Mammal’s Travels 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z In 2020, despite the pandemic restricting travel, elephant tusks, hippo skulls, lion, baboon and giraffe were among the trophies legally brought back to the UK from southern Africa, the latest, incomplete data shows. UK plan to ban animal trophies too slow - conservation groups 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Our hungry mastodon would come along and eat those plants, stamping that geographic fingerprint into his tusks. Fred the Mastodon’s Tusks Reveal a Life of Fighting and Roaming 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Dr. Frank Goeritz, whose team was dispatched by a global animal welfare group to examine four elephants in total, reported that one the elephants needs a “complicated” surgery to remove damaged and infected tusks. Vet calls for urgent medical care for elephants in Pakistan 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z He flies to the countries to take small samples of tusks to analyze the DNA. DNA analysis of elephant ivory reveals trafficking networks 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z He and his colleagues sliced a five-and-a-half-foot-long tusk in half, then measured chemical ratios in each layer to re-create the mammoth's itinerary. Mammoth Tusk Reveals Ancient Mammal’s Travels 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z They still had to collect the tusk, and there was no guarantee it would go smoothly. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z “It turns out that those pits form in places where the tusk, at some point in its growth history, was jammed into the back of its bony socket,” Dr. Fisher said. Fred the Mastodon’s Tusks Reveal a Life of Fighting and Roaming 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z "There's a common problem of poaching for elephant tusks and rhino horns in Kenya," Daniel says. Six ways shoebox-sized satellites are trying to change the world 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z A number of body parts, including their ivory tusks, were missing. Trial opens against accused elephant poachers in Indonesia 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z The team plans to apply the same technique to more tusk fossils in the future. Mammoth Tusk Reveals Ancient Mammal’s Travels 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z She pulled out a wire saw and sliced a chunk of the tusk off, allowing her to sample its innermost tissue. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z When male proboscideans thrust their tusks at opponents, the tusk jams back into the socket where it grows out of the skull. Fred the Mastodon’s Tusks Reveal a Life of Fighting and Roaming 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Male elephants are especially vulnerable to poachers because of their highly-prized tusks, which are sold on the illegal ivory market. Baby elephant dies after losing half its trunk in poacher's trap 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z There are only some 700 wild Sumatran elephants left on the island, but poachers prey on the endangered animals for their valuable tusks. Trial opens against accused elephant poachers in Indonesia 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z As well as Ms Murray, other authors of the report include Brendan Cox, husband of Labour MP Jo Cox, and Darryn Frost - who helped fight off the Fishmonger's Hall attacker using a narwhal tusk. Terror survivors call for new rules for journalists covering attacks 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z The pilots managed to collect the tusk without any issues. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Afterward, Dr. Whitney said, late dicynodonts developed tusks in at least two different lineages, and possibly more. How Did Elephants and Walruses Get Their Tusks? It’s a Long Story. 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The latest incident was in July this year, where an adult elephant was found decapitated with its tusks ripped off. Baby elephant dies after losing half its trunk in poacher's trap 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z As in eye colour and blood type in humans, genes are responsible for whether elephants inherit tusks from their parents. Mozambique: Tuskless elephant evolution linked to Ivory hunting 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Normally, both male and female African elephants have tusks, which are really a pair of massive teeth. Tuskless Elephants Escape Poachers, but May Evolve New Problems 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z After Dr. Moon collected her samples, the tusk was handed off to Dr. Fisher for analysis to reveal the mammoth’s age when it died, and what conditions were like during its lifetime. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z “You’re providing the means for a tusk to evolve if you unlock the evolution of reduced tooth replacement and soft tissue attachments,” Dr. Whitney said. How Did Elephants and Walruses Get Their Tusks? It’s a Long Story. 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Now, researchers report this intense hunting dramatically altered a major elephant population there, favoring female elephants born without tusks. Civil war drove these elephants to lose their tusks—through evolution 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Elephants without tusks were left alone by hunters, leading to an increased likelihood they would breed and pass on the tuskless trait to their offspring. Mozambique: Tuskless elephant evolution linked to Ivory hunting 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z That means a female with one copy of the tuskless mutation has no tusks. Tuskless Elephants Escape Poachers, but May Evolve New Problems 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The tusk was surrounded by polymetallic nodules, naturally forming clusters of minerals found only in the deep sea that are rich in valuable elements such as manganese, iron, nickel, titanium and cobalt. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z “Once you have a group that has both conditions, you can go a long time of animals playing with different tooth combinations, and you start to see these independent developments of tusks.” How Did Elephants and Walruses Get Their Tusks? It’s a Long Story. 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z At that time, about 18% of females there were born without tusks. Civil war drove these elephants to lose their tusks—through evolution 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Now researchers have pinpointed how years of civil war and poaching in Mozambique have led to a greater proportion of elephants that will never develop tusks. Why no tusks? Poaching tips scales of elephant evolution 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Half of her daughters will have tusks, and half will be tuskless. Tuskless Elephants Escape Poachers, but May Evolve New Problems 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Her conclusion was supported by Dr. Fisher, who said the tusk’s shape and size were characteristic of a young female mammoth. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z The reason that tusks are currently limited to modern mammals, then, lies in a specific arrangement of teeth that mammals inherited from the broader family of synapsids, the group that includes mammal forerunners like dicynodonts. How Did Elephants and Walruses Get Their Tusks? It’s a Long Story. 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z For example, tuskless mothers—who would have had one copy of the dominant tuskless gene, from their own mothers—had the same number of daughters with and without tusks. Civil war drove these elephants to lose their tusks—through evolution 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The survivors were likely to share a key characteristic: half the females were naturally tuskless — they simply never developed tusks — while before the war, less than a fifth lacked tusks. Why no tusks? Poaching tips scales of elephant evolution 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Among her sons, though, half will have tusks, and the other half will die, perhaps before birth. Tuskless Elephants Escape Poachers, but May Evolve New Problems 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z That at first made spotting the tusk difficult. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Even with those prerequisites, Dr. Whitney said, an adaptation like tusks isn’t inevitable. How Did Elephants and Walruses Get Their Tusks? It’s a Long Story. 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Two genes stood out: MEP1a and AMELX, which are active in tooth development in other mammals, were present in seven elephants with tusks, but had unique mutations in 11 tuskless elephants. Civil war drove these elephants to lose their tusks—through evolution 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Like eye color in humans, genes are responsible for whether elephants inherit tusks from their parents. Why no tusks? Poaching tips scales of elephant evolution 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The team sequenced the genomes of 11 tuskless females and seven with tusks, looking for differences between the groups. Tuskless Elephants Escape Poachers, but May Evolve New Problems 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The tusk had been found and recovered in just under two hours. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Many families lacked older females—and many of those females had no tusks. Disturbing Answers to the Mystery of Tuskless Female Elephants 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Wittemyer wonders whether a similar phenomenon happened long ago in Asia, because both male and female fossil elephants there have tusks, but among living Asian elephants, only females have tusks. Civil war drove these elephants to lose their tusks—through evolution 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The dagger’s handle “appears to possibly contain tooth or bone of some variety” — the materials of elephant tusk — “although additional laboratory analysis would be required to identify the species,” the Interior Department said. White Tiger and Cheetah Furs: A Mess of Trump Gift Exchanges 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z In the elephant genome, “We don’t know what the exact changes are causing this loss of tusks, in either one of those genes,” Campbell-Staton said. Tuskless Elephants Escape Poachers, but May Evolve New Problems 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Dr. Haddock and Dr. Fisher moved the tusk to the ship’s lab and wasted no time measuring, cleaning and photographing the specimen. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Poachers, she knew, prioritized elephants with the largest tusks. Disturbing Answers to the Mystery of Tuskless Female Elephants 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Now experts have used the chemical composition of a 17,100-year-old mammoth tusk from Alaska to map out where the animal wandered during its lifetime. Mammoth Tusk Analysis Reveals Epic Lifetime Journey around Alaska 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z He and his colleagues sequence the DNA from little pieces of each tusk to figure out where the poached elephants lived and track the ivory traffickers. Reuniting an orphan elephant and her mom, perhaps, with DNA and luck 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Elephants normally use their tusks to strip tree bark for food, dig holes for water and defend themselves. Tuskless Elephants Escape Poachers, but May Evolve New Problems 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The treasure wasn’t a sunken ship: It was the tusk of a mammoth. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z In particular, they often are missing their upper lateral incisors—the anatomical equivalent of tusks in elephants. Disturbing Answers to the Mystery of Tuskless Female Elephants 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Millions of long, hefty tusks from the now extinct giants are buried in the Arctic and Siberian earth today, still so intact that they are sought after as sources of commercial ivory. Mammoth Tusk Analysis Reveals Epic Lifetime Journey around Alaska 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The fact that there were two tusks made them less remorseful that they cut one of them in half. A Woolly Mammoth’s Tusks Reveal a Map of Where It Roamed in Life 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The change in sheep is subtle, she said, unlike the elephants’ total loss of tusks. Tuskless Elephants Escape Poachers, but May Evolve New Problems 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The tusk smelled of a musty garage and was covered in a thick iron-manganese crust. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Using Poole’s database, they further confirmed that, with a single exception, female elephants with two tusks had never been observed to have a tuskless baby. Disturbing Answers to the Mystery of Tuskless Female Elephants 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z When mammals eat plants growing in these soils, small amounts of strontium are incorporated into their bones and teeth—and, in the case of mammoths, their tusks, which are modified incisors. Mammoth Tusk Analysis Reveals Epic Lifetime Journey around Alaska 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Pointing to the base of the tusk during a video call, Dr. Wooller said “This surface here is basically the day it died.” A Woolly Mammoth’s Tusks Reveal a Map of Where It Roamed in Life 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Mammoth tusks were a bit like tree rings, insomuch that they recorded information about the animal's life history. Tusk reveals woolly mammoth's massive lifetime mileage 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Household sponges and soft plastic fingers had been attached to the arms of the vehicle to make it easier for the pilots to gently pick up the tusk. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z The preference of Japanese dealers for the hard ivory of forest elephant tusks is particularly worrisome. Opinion | Japan must finally end the sale and trade of elephant ivory 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z By bisecting a tusk and examining the many chemical layers within, Wooller and his collaborators began a first-of-its-kind analysis: they mapped the travels of the tusk’s owner 17,000 years after it died. Mammoth Tusk Analysis Reveals Epic Lifetime Journey around Alaska 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z To get at the microscope tusk layers required a careful application of brute force. A Woolly Mammoth’s Tusks Reveal a Map of Where It Roamed in Life 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Mammoths steadily added new layers to their tusks throughout their lives. Tusk reveals woolly mammoth's massive lifetime mileage 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Everyone in the room watched nervously as the robot lifted the tusk. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z These encounters run the gamut from gentle shoving to intense headbutting and pushing back and forth with trunks entwining and tusks clacking. Play Is Serious Business for Elephants 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z The researchers then measured the ratios of strontium isotopes along the five-and-a-half-foot-long tusk and compared them to create an itinerary of where the mammoth wandered. Mammoth Tusk Analysis Reveals Epic Lifetime Journey around Alaska 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z They cut apart what he called a “no data tusk” — one where there is no recorded information about where and when it was found and thus is of little scientific use. A Woolly Mammoth’s Tusks Reveal a Map of Where It Roamed in Life 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The researchers pieced together the animal's journey by studying the different types, or isotopes, of the chemical elements strontium and oxygen contained in the 1.5m-long tusk. Tusk reveals woolly mammoth's massive lifetime mileage 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The second the tusk was released, the silence was broken by a torrent of applause. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Ministers say hippos are also at risk from poachers, while killer whales and sperm whales are targeted for their teeth and narwhals and walruses for their tusks. UK looks to extend ivory ban to hippos and other animals 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z The tusk came from a male mammoth who lived to be about 28 years old during the last ice age in what is now Alaska. Mammoth Tusk Analysis Reveals Epic Lifetime Journey around Alaska 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Then they marked points halfway around the tusk. A Woolly Mammoth’s Tusks Reveal a Map of Where It Roamed in Life 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Narwhal tusks record decades of environmental information and clearly show a changing Arctic, researchers reported in Current Biology. Narwhal Tusks Point to Changing Arctic Conditions 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Read more about the discovery of an ancient mammoth tusk deep in the Pacific Ocean. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Among the items Cooper agreed to sell, worth somewhere between $40,000 and $95,000, were two, two-foot-long raw elephant tusks, teeth from a sperm whale and dozens of carvings, including figurines, vases and rings. Virginia man admits selling illegal ivory online 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z “We have hundreds of mammoth tusks,” he says. Mammoth Tusk Analysis Reveals Epic Lifetime Journey around Alaska 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z With a big band saw — “It’s as tall as a person,” Dr. Wooller said — they cut the tusk in two, carefully guiding the blade between the channel and the marks on the other side. A Woolly Mammoth’s Tusks Reveal a Map of Where It Roamed in Life 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Every year the spiraling tusks grow another layer, incorporating variants of carbon and nitrogen called isotopes and some of the mercury a narwhal consumes. Narwhal Tusks Point to Changing Arctic Conditions 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z It wasn’t until the scientists examined the fragment that they were sure that what they had stumbled upon was indeed a tusk. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z In May 2019, Griffin drove to Texas, met with undercover agents and purchased two Southern White rhino horns, four elephant ivory tusks, one African lion skull and three leopard skulls for $9,750, investigators said. Man gets year in prison for buying endangered animal parts 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z Elephants continue to be slaughtered for their magnificent tusks, which are highly modified incisor teeth and of much greater utility to elephants than as carved-ivory status symbols displayed on a chess board. What Has Four Legs, a Trunk and a Behavioral Database? 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z After the tusk was cut in half, the scientists used a laser to knock off specks along the length of it for isotope analysis. A Woolly Mammoth’s Tusks Reveal a Map of Where It Roamed in Life 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The researchers bought 10 tusks from Inuit subsistence hunters in northwestern Greenland and found that the objects contained nearly 50 years' worth of information. Narwhal Tusks Point to Changing Arctic Conditions 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z But before the team could really advance the science, they’d have to head back out to sea to collect the rest of the tusk. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z The jury praised “astonishing individuals,” including other former prisoners attending the event, who fought back and disarmed Khan, using items including a fire extinguisher and a narwhal tusk displayed in the hall. Jury: Official failures played part in fatal London attack 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z The inventory ranged from stone statues to a painting of a Black man with an American flag wrapped around his neck as a noose to masks featuring elephants with upraised tusks. ‘We Always Rise.’ A Black-Owned Bookstore Navigates the Pandemic 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z In future research, Dr. Wooller would like to saw and examine more mammoth tusks. A Woolly Mammoth’s Tusks Reveal a Map of Where It Roamed in Life 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z He was chased on to London Bridge by members of the public armed with a fire extinguisher and narwhal tusk and was then shot dead by police. Fishmongers' Hall: Terror attacker seen as 'greater risk' before prison release 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z On July 29, the ship reached the site where they had originally found the tusk and sent a remotely operated vehicle to retrieve the rest. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Three people armed with a fire extinguisher and a narwhal tusk chased Khan from the building. Fishmongers' Hall: Probation 'unaware of MI5 probe into Usman Khan' 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Three people then chased Khan, who was wearing a fake suicide belt, from the building armed with a fire extinguisher and a narwhal tusk. Fishmongers' Hall: Saskia Jones was unsure about going to event 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z The altar tusk, belt mask and plaque pendant are included in “Intersections: World Arts, Local Lives,” the Fowler’s permanent collection display. Commentary: Two L.A. museums hold art looted during an African massacre a century ago 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z Khan stabbed and killed Mr Merritt, 25, and Ms Jones and injured three other people before being chased and disarmed on London Bridge by three men armed with a fire extinguisher and a narwhal tusk. Fishmongers' Hall attack: Prison boss tricked by Usman Khan, inquest hears 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Mammoth tusks that are over 100,000 years old are “extremely rare,” Mr. Mol added, and studying one could give scientists new insights about the Lower Paleolithic, a poorly understood era of Earth’s history. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z This quick, targeted stop suggests that people had adapted to the landscape well enough to have been familiar with this obscure place and the likelihood of finding food and mastodon tusks for toolmaking there. Genomes Reveal Humanity’s Journey into the Americas 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Khan was tackled by members of the public with a decorative pike, narwhal tusk and fire extinguisher, and was then shot dead by police on London Bridge. Fishmongers' Hall inquest: Witness thought terrorist Usman Khan was 'play-fighting' 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z According to Berns, the Foster and Son’s auction catalog described the tusk as “property of a Gentleman who was a member of the Benin expedition.” Commentary: Two L.A. museums hold art looted during an African massacre a century ago 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z The walrus is believed to be quite young due to the length of its tusks, which were only 30cm long. What is this Arctic walrus doing off the Irish coast? 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z “It’s dark, cold and environmentally stable,” said Dr. Heintzman, who is not involved with the ongoing analysis of the tusk. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Humans butchered a mastodon there and carried away its meat and one of its tusks, leaving behind some of its bones, the other tusk and the broken knife. Genomes Reveal Humanity’s Journey into the Americas 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Dentalium, a tusk shell often used in Indigenous jewelry, caught her eye in particular. How Bethany Yellowtail elevates Native artists — and women — through fashion 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Warrior figures, jaguars, bells, hundreds of tusks, plaques — estimates are that 10,000 objects were looted. Commentary: Two L.A. museums hold art looted during an African massacre a century ago 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z Imagine an elephant, but significantly taller and heavier and with longer tusks. Million-Year-Old DNA Rewrites the Mammoth Family Tree 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Regardless of how much DNA scientists are able to extract from this tusk, there is much that can be learned by studying its tissue. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z The animals have famous tempers and will readily wield their horns against intruders, a behavior called “tusking.” This country is where you can find some of the world’s rarest animals 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z By comparing the recovered mitochondrial DNA to modern and historical genetic data sets, the researchers also found that the tusks had come from forest elephants that lived in West rather than Central Africa. Ivory From Shipwreck Reveals Elephant Slaughter During Spice Trade 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Sacred plaques, carved ivory tusks, royal body ornaments and other objects are in the collections of at least 161 global museums — two-thirds of them in Europe — in addition to an unknown number of private collections. Commentary: Two L.A. museums hold art looted during an African massacre a century ago 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z Their forensic examination of the 100 tusks pinpointed the devastation caused to the elephant population by centuries of ivory trade. Ivory: Elephant decline revealed by shipwreck cargo 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Before the outing, Dr. Moon was able to extract just enough DNA from the broken tip to determine that the tusk came from a female mammoth. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Then there was a close encounter with a wild boar - "a huge beast with tusks", he says. A police officer with a conscience who left Belarus 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z Despite spending nearly half a millennium in the ocean, the tusks recovered from the ship were surprisingly well preserved. Ivory From Shipwreck Reveals Elephant Slaughter During Spice Trade 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z As officers employed their grey matter, social media launched its own tusk force to explore various theories. St Helens elephants: Doorstep mystery leaves police dumbo-founded 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z This essentially breaks down the chemical make-up of every tusk, and it suggested that these were forest elephants - living in mixed forest habitat. Ivory: Elephant decline revealed by shipwreck cargo 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z The tusk, which was roughly three feet long, was covered in a thick iron-manganese crust. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Phone footage from the day shows Darryn Frost fighting off Usman Khan with a narwhal tusk, to help end the attack. Narwhal tusk hero a year on from London Bridge attack 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z “The state of preservation of the organic material in an archaeological tusk makes a huge difference in terms of what you’re able to extract and do with the sample,” Dr. Coutu said. Ivory From Shipwreck Reveals Elephant Slaughter During Spice Trade 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z For 17th-century whalers, it was an El Dorado of bowhead blubber and walrus tusks. Freezing cold war: militaries move in as Arctic ice retreats – photo essay 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Enslaved used new diving technology to locate and examine sunken slave ships in the UK, the Caribbean and Florida, retrieving artefacts such as a large ivory tusk 45 miles off the coast of Devon. 'Don't sell off history with links to slavery' 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Whatever the scientists manage to learn from this mammoth tusk, it is unlikely to be the only preserved remains of an ancient land animal in the ocean. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z None of the bodies contained bullet holes and no tusks were removed, implying that ivory poachers were not involved. 356 Elephants Dropped Dead. Did This Bacteria Poison Them? 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z The researchers extracted genetic material from cells preserved inside the tusks. Ivory From Shipwreck Reveals Elephant Slaughter During Spice Trade 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z About 90 percent of India’s male elephants have tusks, which they use to dig for water, minerals, and roots; to protect their trunks; or to wield as weapons. Squeezing the Elephant 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Ahead of the event, the hogs’ tusks are clipped, often with bolt cutters. How video chat fuels the American deportation machine 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Elephants, mammoths and other proboscideans store vast quantities of information in their tusks. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z When the researchers analyzed genetic material from the bones, teeth and tusks of 33 American mastodons, they found they traveled wide distances. Mastodons did a lot of traveling during large-scale shifts in weather patterns 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Among the 40 tons of cargo recovered from the sunken ship were more than 100 elephant tusks. Ivory From Shipwreck Reveals Elephant Slaughter During Spice Trade 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Often, elephants have a dominant tusk, similar to the way humans bear a dominant hand. Squeezing the Elephant 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Bring back the tusk and the horn unshorn. Poem: Bring Back the Leaf 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Because of their larger size and longer tusks, mature male elephants are most often targeted by poachers and legal trophy hunters in Africa. Loners no more: Male elephants stick together, study finds 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z In the discovery made in Wilsford, near Stonehenge, the carved and polished artefact was found with other items, including stone and bronze axes, a bone plate and a tusk. Bronze Age mourners 'kept remains as relics' 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z They identified tusks from 17 unrelated elephant herds, only four of which they could confirm still exist today. Ivory From Shipwreck Reveals Elephant Slaughter During Spice Trade 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z They reached out to stroke his side, his trunk, the cheek without a tusk. Squeezing the Elephant 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z The tusks — just a few inches long, probably used to dig up roots and tubers to eat — provided the telltale signs that the metabolism of Lystrosaurus periodically slowed down. 250 Million Years Ago, They Hibernated at the Bottom of the World 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The media reported the animal was 50 years old and weighed five tonnes, with tusks more than a metre long. The king, his lover - and the elephant in the palace 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z The species found here is the Columbian mammoth, which featured long, curved tusks and meandered across a broad range from present-day southern Canada to Central America. Mexico City was once the realm of the mammoth 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z Due to several large tusk and horn seizures in 2019, provisional data indicates it will be a record year, reflecting increased domestic restrictions on the trade in parts of African and Asia. Wildlife traffickers target lion, jaguar and leopard body parts as tiger substitutes 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z He said local communities are being advised not to tamper with the dead elephant’s tusks. Botswana investigates ‘mysterious deaths’ of 275 elephants 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Thus, cutting a thin cross-section of a tusk provided a record of the animal’s life, much like tree rings, with alternating dark and light circles. 250 Million Years Ago, They Hibernated at the Bottom of the World 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z “Members of the public are assured that tusks are being removed from the dead elephants and carcasses within proximity to human settlements continue to be destroyed,” added the Botswana government in its statement. 'Catastrophic' elephant deaths mystery: Hundreds have dropped dead in Botswana, and no one knows why 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Beyond the pillaging of its own rain forests, Thailand is a key way station on global wildlife trafficking routes, with horns, tusks and scales from as far away as Africa making their way to China. Elephants, Long Endangered by Thai Crowds, Reclaim a National Park 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z “The poachers then removed all the tusks from the elephants. It was a mass killing. We haven’t seen anything like this before,” he said. Six elephants killed in one day by poachers in Ethiopia 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z “The poachers then removed all the tusks from the elephants. It was a mass killing. We haven’t seen anything like this before.” 6 elephants killed by poachers in single day in Ethiopia 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Dr. Whitney and Dr. Sidor compared the patterns in the tusks of six Lystrosaurus that lived in Antarctica with four from South Africa. 250 Million Years Ago, They Hibernated at the Bottom of the World 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Those include the dwarf cuscus, a large-eyed marsupial; the anoa, a midget buffalo; the Sulawesi crested black macaque, locally known as yaki; and the babirusa, or deer-pig, which is renowned for its large tusks. Where Bats Are Still on the Menu, if No Longer the Best Seller 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z They share the space with the babirusas, which are wild pigs with curved tusks. Jacksonville Zoo welcomes 4 baby Asian small-claw otters 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z In 2015, Ethiopian officials burned 6.1 tonnes of illegal elephant tusks, ivory trinkets, carvings and various forms of jewellery to discourage poaching and the ivory trade. Six elephants killed in one day by poachers in Ethiopia 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z In 2015, Ethiopian officials burned 6.1 tons of illegal elephant tusks, ivory trinkets, carvings and various forms of jewellery to discourage poaching and the ivory trade. 6 elephants killed by poachers in single day in Ethiopia 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z The Antarctic tusks included closely spaced, thick rings — likely periods where growth of the tusks slowed, maybe stopped, because of stress — while the South African ones did not. 250 Million Years Ago, They Hibernated at the Bottom of the World 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z They nudge and scratch, gnarled brown skin and elegant ivory tusks glistening in the Arctic sun. The Arctic honeymoon that led to an unexpected reunion 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z The same is true of elephant tusks, which are important focal points for elephants. An elephant’s story does not end when it dies 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z “In Kenya, elephants are massive and calm. They still grow to towering majestic heights with tusks that swoop to the ground,” she said. Botswana auctions licenses to hunt 70 elephants in effort to reduce conflict with humans 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z The woolly mammoth, about the size of today’s elephants but possessing long brown fur and immense tusks, first appeared about 700,000 years ago in Siberia, expanding through northern Eurasia and North America. The bitter end: Last woolly mammoths plagued by genetic defects 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z African elephants are referred as "tuskers" when their tusks grow so long that they reach the ground. One of Kenya's last big 'tusker' elephants dies 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Now tears roll gently down her smiling cheeks as she holds up a brown toy with soft creamy tusks. The Arctic honeymoon that led to an unexpected reunion 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z “They are touching each other’s tusks all the time,” said Goldenberg, who is also a research fellow with San Diego Zoo Global’s Institute for Conservation Research. An elephant’s story does not end when it dies 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z His attack ended when he was rushed by several men — one wielding a fire extinguisher and another brandishing an ornamental whale tusk torn from the wall of the hall — and the police shot him. U.K. Police Kill Man in a ‘Terrorist Related’ Incident 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z Fishermen had dragged up isolated bones, tusks, and stone tools. Relics washed up on beaches reveal lost world beneath the North Sea 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Starting in the 13th century, the walrus tusk gravy train started to splinter, as the West African Trade routes opened up and Europeans were now able to buy “superior” elephant ivory. Viking's left Greenland because they over-hunted walruses, research claims 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z He picked up a section of the shattered tusk, which he carried with him to the triage centre. Man who tackled London attacker with tusk says Trump is 'feeding terror' 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z “And they tend to show disproportionate interest in tusks relative to other bones.” An elephant’s story does not end when it dies 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z A convicted murderer who tackled the London Bridge knifeman with only a chair, and then a narwhal tusk, has given his first interview since the events of 29 November. In a hurry? Here's what you need to know in five minutes 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Frost had grabbed one of two narwhal tusks from the wall on Fishmongers’ Hall and handed it to Gallant who used it to defend himself against Khan. Prisoner reveals role in tackling London Bridge attacker with narwhal tusk 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z For their study, the researchers analyzed 67 genuine medieval walrus skulls that served as "packaging" for tusks traded from Greenland to Europe. Viking's left Greenland because they over-hunted walruses, research claims 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Khan was back in charge so Frost passed the unarmed Gallant his tusk and ran back upstairs to collect the other one, passing people tending to Jones. Man who tackled London attacker with tusk says Trump is 'feeding terror' 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z "Had he not passed me the narwhal tusk at that crucial moment, not only could I have been killed, the situation could have been even worse," he said. Murderer 'didn't hesitate' to fight bridge killer 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Norse communities thrived for more than 400 years in the Arctic, hunting walruses for their tusks, a valuable medieval commodity. Walrus shortage may have caused collapse of Norse Greenland 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z The tusk snapped and Gallant seized a chair which he hurled at Khan. Prisoner reveals role in tackling London Bridge attacker with narwhal tusk 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z When shipped in the Middle Ages, the tusks were still attached to the front part of walrus skulls. Viking's left Greenland because they over-hunted walruses, research claims 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z He scrambled downstairs with the second tusk to see the first tusk shattered. Man who tackled London attacker with tusk says Trump is 'feeding terror' 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z A brave public servant fought a terrorist on the London Bridge using a narwhal tusk, an object whose actual function scientists still don’t fully understand. We learned a lot about whales this year 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z Biologists say that these fantastic shapes—from the giant curved tusks of woolly mammoths to the nightmarish jaws of stag beetles—evolved to ward off competition from rival males and to impress females. The Weapons of Sexual Rivalry 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Frost then took a second narwhal tusk and along with Gallant and Crilly pursued Khan out on to the bridge where they subdued the terrorist until police arrived. Prisoner reveals role in tackling London Bridge attacker with narwhal tusk 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z A mysterious figure who used a narwhal tusk to help subdue a knife-wielding extremist on London Bridge last month has been identified as a civil servant in Britain’s Justice Ministry. World digest: Dec. 21, 2019 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z London media initially identified a chef named Lukasz as the person who confronted Khan with the narwhal tusk. London Bridge hero who subdued terrorist with narwhal tusk recounts incident 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z “I took a narwhal tusk from the wall and used it to defend myself and others from the attacker,” he told the Press Association. Man tells of using narwhal tusk during London Bridge attack 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z “I took a narwhal tusk from the wall and used it to defend myself and others from the attacker. Another man was holding the attacker at bay with a wooden chair.” Man who used narwhal tusk to subdue extremist identified 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z He was a clear danger to all, so I didn’t hesitate, I used a narwhal tusk and then a chair to hold him back and prevent him from hurting others. Prisoner reveals role in tackling London Bridge attacker with narwhal tusk 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Crilly said: "The spray distracted him if you watch the footage. And the guy with the tusk has been able to give him a prod which has unbalanced him." 'I used a narwhal tusk on London Bridge killer' 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z The hero who fought off the knife-wielding London Bridge terrorist with an ornamental 5-foot narwhal tusk spoke Saturday of his “deep hurt” for the two individuals who were killed in the attack. London Bridge hero who subdued terrorist with narwhal tusk recounts incident 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z Frost passed his tusk to the other man and raced back upstairs to rearm with a second tusk from the wall. Man tells of using narwhal tusk during London Bridge attack 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Another man poked at the attacker with a narwhal tusk he had pulled from a display in the hall, and another hit him with a pole. Subduing Terrorist on London Bridge, He Was Prepared to Die 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z In video footage, he is seen using the spray from a fire extinguisher to blind Khan, while another man held him back with the whale tusk. I was prepared to die, says London Bridge 'hero' 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Mr Frost handed the tusk to the man next to him before heading back upstairs to find another one. 'I used a narwhal tusk on London Bridge killer' 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Amateur footage circulated widely on social media showed a man with a fire extinguisher and another with a narwhal tusk wrestling Khan to the ground. Read a play-by-play of how bystanders helped stop the London Bridge attacker 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Often it is mammoth tusk hunters who discover them. Russian scientists present ancient puppy found in permafrost 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Confronted by bystanders, including a Polish man brandishing a narwhal tusk and others with fire extinguishers, Khan, who was wearing a fake suicide vest, was wrestled to the ground. Britain to honor its dead with vigil after London Bridge attack 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z He said: "The spray distracted him if you watch the footage. And the guy with the tusk has been able to give him a prod which has unbalanced him." I was prepared to die, says London Bridge 'hero' 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z During the attack, which began at a prisoner rehabilitation event inside Fishmongers' Hall on 29 November, Mr Frost, 38, said he grabbed a narwhal tusk on display in an effort to protect himself and others. 'I used a narwhal tusk on London Bridge killer' 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z He was shot dead by police after he was restrained by civilians, including a chef who fought off the attacker with an ornamental 5-foot narwhal tusk and another who brandished a fire extinguisher. University graduate Saskia Jones, 23, identified as second London Bridge attack victim 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z “And the second very serious, deep reason, of why there a lot of finds is the very high price of mammoth tusk in the Chinese market.” Russian scientists present ancient puppy found in permafrost 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z The hero bystanders who subdued the London Bridge knife attacker included a chef who fought off the jihadist with an ornamental 5-foot narwhal tusk and another who brandished a fire extinguisher. Narwhal tusk-wielding chef helped subdue London Bridge attacker; victim identified 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Two men used a pole and a whale tusk ripped from the venue's wall to fight off Khan and force him out of the building. I was prepared to die, says London Bridge 'hero' 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z "He had knives in both hands and, upon seeing me with the narwhal tusk, pointed at his midriff." 'I used a narwhal tusk on London Bridge killer' 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z The simple, heroic act in a way embodied the ancient lore of the larger-than-life tusk. The narwhal tusk has a wondrous and mystical history. A new chapter was added on London Bridge. 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z In dramatic footage shared widely online, three individuals — one wielding the tusk, one with the fire extinguisher, and one who was seemingly armed with nothing but quick reflexes — brought the attacker to the ground. Queen praises heroes who used a narwhal tusk and fire extinguisher to stop London Bridge attacker 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Lukasz grabbed the tusk off the wall when Khan began slashing at people with a large kitchen knife. Narwhal tusk-wielding chef helped subdue London Bridge attacker; victim identified 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z On Saturday further details emerged about the knifeman, Usman Khan, and how he was subdued with a fire extinguisher and a narwhal tusk on London Bridge. Boris Johnson thrusts London Bridge attack into centre of election battle 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z When he returned, he found the first tusk "shattered across the floor" and people fleeing the building. 'I used a narwhal tusk on London Bridge killer' 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z The tusks primarily appear on males, who can sometimes even have two. The narwhal tusk has a wondrous and mystical history. A new chapter was added on London Bridge. 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z The man with the narwhal tusk was identified only by the name Luckasz, according to British newspaper the Times, which contacted his colleague. Queen praises heroes who used a narwhal tusk and fire extinguisher to stop London Bridge attacker 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z A narwhal is a type of whale sometimes known as the "unicorn of the sea" because of its distinct "tusk", which is actually a tooth. Narwhal tusk-wielding chef helped subdue London Bridge attacker; victim identified 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z One sprayed him with a fire extinguisher, while another pointed a 2m narwhal tusk taken from Fishmongers’ Hall by a Polish chef named Łukasz. Boris Johnson thrusts London Bridge attack into centre of election battle 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z In the video footage, he is seen using the spray from the extinguisher to blind Khan, while Mr Frost held him back with the narwhal tusk. 'I used a narwhal tusk on London Bridge killer' 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z |
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