The Longest Tusks Ever Found

In modern day elephants, tusks rarely exceed 3.5 m (12 ft) in length in African male champions. In mammoths, this was the norm. But recently, in northern Greece, 250 mi (400 km) north of Athens, researchers have discovered two massive tusks of a prehistoric mastodon that roamed Europe over 2 ... [ read more >> ]

The tusks and the jawbones with teeth of the extinct mastodon

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Image credits: Evangelia Tsoukala

The tusks and the jawbones with teeth of the extinct mastodon