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The Last Tusker
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A Super tusker has tusks that weigh more than 45kg each and which touch the ground. There are only 25 of these magnificent elephants left.
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At over 7 tonnes, Satao was one of Africa's largest Super tuskers. He lived for 46 years until 2014 when poachers took him from the world.
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August 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This is moeritherium, believed to be the common ancestor to all proboscideans- #elephant and their extinct relatives. They lived 35-37MYA
and were less than a meter tall.
November 16, 2024 at 3:20 PM
The closest living relatives to elephants are dugongs and manatees, they share a common ancestor that lived 60m years ago.
November 14, 2024 at 8:44 PM
At over 7 tonnes, Satao was one of Africa's largest Super tuskers. He lived for 46 years until 2014 when poachers took him from the world.
November 13, 2024 at 11:02 AM
At 5 meters long weighing over 130kg each, the biggest tusks belonged to Borson's mastodon. These behemoths were 4 meters tall and weighed 16 tonnes, and roamed Europe 2.5-5 million years ago.
November 10, 2024 at 8:02 PM
This tiny tree shrew lived 80 million years ago and was the ancestor to all placental mammals
November 9, 2024 at 1:33 PM