Assertion details
Summary
elephant use 26 their tusks
PURPOSE
to strip bark 3
for digging and lifting heavy objects 1
to provoke aggression 1
TEMPORAL
sometimes 2
most of the time 1
during times of drought 1
DEGREE
more often 1
23 facets
Facet Type Facet cluster
to strip bark 3 purpose
to pull off the tree bark 1
for removing bark 1
to strip bark 1
sometimes 2 temporal
for digging and lifting heavy objects 1 purpose
to provoke aggression 1 purpose
to dig in the dirt 1 purpose
to dig in the mud 1 purpose
most of the time 1 temporal
to dig small waterholes 1 purpose
to dig for roots 1 purpose
in order to find salts 1 purpose
to dig the ground 1 purpose
in order to find minerals 1 purpose
during times of drought 1 temporal
to dig holes 1 purpose
to dig for ground water 1 purpose
during the dry season 1 temporal
to dig up dry riverbeds 1 purpose
to eat tusks 1 purpose
for things 1 purpose
more often 1 degree
more than the other 1 manner
to move through the brush 1 purpose
to eat biology 1 purpose
5 triples in cluster
elephant use their tusks 16
elephant use its tusks 6
elephant use tusk 2
elephant use one tusk 1
elephant use one of its tusks 1
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  • SRC An elephant can use its tusks to dig for ground water .
  • SRC An elephant uses its tusks to many many tasks just like its trunk .
  • SRC An elephant will use its tusks to provoke aggression or to lift a baby elephant out of a mud wallow .
  • SRC During the dry season , they use their tusks to dig up dry riverbeds and create watering holes many animals can drink from .
  • SRC During times of drought , elephants even use their tusks to dig holes to find water underground .
  • SRC Elephants are herbivores who eat a wide range of plant - based foods , using their tusks and trunks to help them eat and drink .
  • SRC Elephants can dig for water using their tusks .
  • SRC Elephants in dry regions are able to smell water close to the surface of the ground and use their tusks to dig small waterholes .
  • SRC Elephants use Their Tusks to Eat Tusks are a bit like incisor teeth in humans .
  • SRC Elephants use their tusks for removing bark , digging for roots and as weapons .
  • SRC Elephants use their tusks — which are actually a pair of the animal 's upper incisors
  • SRC Elephants use tusks for digging and lifting heavy objects , and sometimes as a part of mating rituals .
  • SRC Elephants will also use their tusks to dig for roots ; the coarse food is eliminated from their system without being chewed or digested completely .
  • SRC For rougher food sources such as tree bark , they may use their tusks .
  • SRC Has Recently Been Discovered Biology : Elephants Are Herbivores and Consume a Wide Variety of Plants Intelligence : Elephants are Extremely Intelligent Behavior : Elephants use Their Tusks to Eat Biology :
  • SRC If an elephant is lacking any vitamins or minerals or salt , it will use its tusks to dig around in the mud and then it will eat the soil .
  • SRC It ’s interesting that Elephants not only use tusks to move through the brush but also for digging up food .
  • SRC Just as humans are right- or left - handed , elephants are known to use one tusk more than the other .
  • SRC Most of the time , they use their tusks for digging , lifting objects , gathering food , and stripping bark to eat from trees .
  • SRC Sometimes , elephants also use their tusks to dig the ground in order to find salts and minerals to take as food .
  • SRC Sometimes , when there is a drought , the elephant will use its tusks to dig in the dirt until they are able to find water .
  • SRC The elephant uses its tusks for digging , ripping bark from trees and foraging , as their tusks are essentially no different from normal teeth .
  • SRC They eat roots , grasses , bark and fruit and will even use their tusks to pull off the tree bark or dig in the ground for roots .
  • SRC They will dig for roots and water using their tusks .
  • SRC This happens because the elephant uses one of its tusks more often for things .
  • SRC To help gather food , elephants will use their tusks to strip bark from trees to eat .