The most well-known animal with tusks is the elephant, but it occurs in other animals, including pigs, hippopotamuses, walruses, water deer, musk deer and the narwhal. Tusks - Elongated front teeth which resemble horns.The pronghorn is unique in that it has horns, but sheds the horny sheath each year, leaving a bony prong. Unlike horns, they are shed every year and regrown completely. They are structurally dissimilar to horns, but their function is the same. Antlers - A pair of bony, branching growths on the heads of deer.This antelope figurine can be used for decoration or. Seen in sheep, in which the horns curl round at the sides of the head to provide a hard, curved area to butt with also in impala, which grow the horns upward and outward in a long spiral. The golden brass Antelope figurine with long spiral horns is handmade by the skilled craftsmen of India. Curled or Spiral: horns with strong curvature, such that they circle in a helix.Curved: a horn with a small curvature in one direction.Straight: a simple, uncurved spike, seen in the unicorn.The spirals help the bulls lock horns with each other when engaged in fights over cows. In eland, the bulls horns are always heavier and longer than the cows and often have more spirals.
In fursuits, horns are often made out of plastic. Spiral-horned antelope bulls tend to be heavier and darker than the cows. The ear-tufts of owls are sometimes called horns, but these are merely clumps of feathers that happen to be located on the top of the head. However, these horns are not true horns and lack a bony core so they can grow back if cut.īony horns are rare or unknown in the wild, but are commonly featured on dragons, which may have one or more pairs. Other animals, such as the rhinoceros, possess one or two horns (depending on the species) on the upper surface of the snout. Most animals, grow continuously through an animal's life, sometimes in a continuous curve or curl, and are not shed. Laertes 8-Light Black Crystal Chandelier by Greenville Signature (409) 240. Horns are commonly made of keratin, a hard natural substance from which fur and claws are also made. Trade Winds Ashland 5-Light Chandelier in Natural Brass by Trade Winds Lighting (31) 210. Both males and females in some species can have horns. They are mostly used by males to compete with other males females often lack horns for this reason. In the wild, horns are most commonly found on ungulates.
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Art by Marc "Schirm" Schirmeister.Ī horn is a pointed projection of skin on the head of various animals consisting of a covering of keratin and other proteins surrounding a core of living bone.
A curved horned gazelle and a horned rhinoceros.
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