tusk
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During one visit, riders might notice Siegel’s photograph of a mammoth tusk — a fossil uncovered by crews during construction of the station.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
On a small mammoth carved from tusk, the researchers analysed carefully engraved rows of crosses and dots.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
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
They might paint an elephant tusk black, or try to make pangolin scales look like candy or chocolate.
From NewsForKids.net ● Nov. 28, 2024
The boar said “REEEEEET!” and swung its tusk.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
They were able to recognise a lower jaw, two tusks, and possibly a mammoth rib.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
In occasionally indelicate detail, “Tusker: Brotherhood of Elephants” studies the reproductive lives of Kenya’s rare “tuskers”—animals whose tusks weigh more than 100 pounds apiece, making them especially attractive to poachers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
The prehistoric species also had a straighter snout and smaller tusks.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2025
Items stolen from the Oakland museum included Native American baskets, jewelry, laptops, historic photographs and intricately carved ivory tusks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
The jaw still held teeth: fangs the length and thickness of an elephant's tusks.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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