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The Multifaceted Role of Elephant Tusks: Tools, Weapons, and Cultural Symbols
Elephant tusks are both a valuable tool and a potential liability for these gentle giants. The desire for ivory has made elephants popular targets for illegal poaching, and it can have a ...
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Ivory Worship
This story appears in the October 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. IN JANUARY 2012 A HUNDRED RAIDERS ON HORSEBACK CHARGED OUT OF CHAD INTO CAMEROON’S BOUBA NDJIDAH NATIONAL PARK ...
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Laser technology offers breakthrough in detecting illegal ivory
A new way of quickly distinguishing between illegal elephant ivory and legal mammoth tusk ivory could prove critical to fighting the illegal ivory trade. A laser-based approach developed by ...
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The vanishing trail of Sri Lanka’s iconic tuskers calls for urgent action
With a single tusk that made him stand out, the majestic bull elephant Unicorn was a true king among the wild herds of ...
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African Elephants and Climate Change
The data showed that some of these watering holes had experienced blooms of algae containing deadly toxins. An analysis of ...
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Misha lived in zoos, but the elephant’s tooth enamel helps reconstruct wildlife migrations
Misha lived her whole life in zoos, but this elephant’s teeth are now helping scientists reconstruct wildlife migrations.
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Four ivory tusks seized from Kolkata; four arrested: Officials
Four ivory tusks were seized. We have arrested four ... Also Read: Andhra Pradesh: Five devotees en route to temple dead in elephant attack During preliminary interrogation, the accused claimed ...