tusk

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Another explorer, Martin Nweeia, a dental surgeon, discovered that a narwhal’s tusk, whose purpose was a mystery to scientists, is actually a sensory rod that helps it measure salinity, temperature and water pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Archaeologists say it was fashioned from a mammoth's tusk with an astonishing level of skill.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025

They might paint an elephant tusk black, or try to make pangolin scales look like candy or chocolate.

From NewsForKids.net • Nov. 28, 2024

They also have found small pieces of mastodon tusk, but nothing this big and intact.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

Her nose lengthened to a snout and a tusk grew on either side.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi