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The heaviest recorded pair of tusks, from an elephant in Kenya, weighed almost 200 kilograms. During the 1980s, such a pair was an irresistible lure for poachers and was tantamount to a death sentence for any tusker unlucky enough to wander within gunshot. | ||
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  | Elephants begin breeding at about age 15. A new-born calf, after 22 months of gestation, weighs about 100 kilograms. |
Elephants can communicate using sounds that are below the human hearing range: between 14 and 35 hertz. |
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Some forest tree seeds have evolved to pass through More reading and surfing on elephants and ivory. |
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