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
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
Her nose lengthened to a snout and a tusk grew on either side.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
At great peril they sometimes hunt the mammoth for its meat and its large bones and tusks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
They were able to recognise a lower jaw, two tusks, and possibly a mammoth rib.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 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
“Bull troll. Fully grown. One hundred and eighty kilos, with tusks like a wild boar. A really wild boar.”
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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