A Man Went Deer Hunting and Accidentally Stumbled Upon the Tusk of a Mammoth
A hunter on a former 272,000-acre West Texas cattle ranch stumbled upon a fossilized mammoth tusk. The ranch manager was ...
Texas hunter’s ‘old stump’ find was actually a rare mammoth tusk
Researchers worked over two days to create a protective cast around the tusk for transport. After covering the fossil in ...
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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 ... its value comes largely down to cultural status and scarcity. The difficulty of hunting an elephant in older times — accompanied ...
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Watch a Group of Narwhals Gather — and Learn Why They Do
Why do narwhals gather together when traveling? These cetaceans are best known for their distinctive tusks and unusual ...
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Earliest evidence of humans hunting elephants discovered in India
A fossil discovery near Pampore, Kashmir, offers a glimpse into how early humans interacted with their environment during the Middle Pleistocene. Nestled in a valley flanked by the towering Himalayas, ...
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Shooting an Elephant in Botswana
Trophy hunting advocates fear that a similar fate ... and you’re in the middle of it.” The elephant’s tusks, which will hang on Sitterle’s wall in Texas one day, were an important part ...
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Acabemos Con El Especismo -- Los Animales No Son Recursos -- Acabemos Con Su Esclavitud
In 1975, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species banned ivory trading; however illegal tusk hunting still continues. Now hunters cut the elephant tusks to take ivory, but the ...