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  1. List of paraphrases for "tusks":

    defences, defenses, fenders, canines

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  1. Peter Houde:

    That one lacks the jaw and it appears the ends of both tusks were broken off, ours includes the jaw but is missing one tusk so far - we may find it yet.

  2. Samuel Wasser:

    Identifying close relatives indicates that poachers are likely going back to the same populations repeatedly -- year after year -- and tusks are then acquired and smuggled out of Central Africa on container ships by the same criminal network, this criminal strategy makes it much harder for authorities to track and seize these shipments because of the immense pressure they are under to move large volumes of containers quickly through ports.

  3. Peter Houde:

    Ours would look pretty much just like modern elephants if they were alive today although the Cuvieronius had spiral tusks, their legs might be a bit stubbier, but themain difference from elephants is in their molar teeth, reflectinga diet more based on browsing than that of modern elephants.

  4. Alan Houlihan:

    I thought it was a seal at first and then we saw the tusks.

  5. Steve Smith:

    Mr. Zarauskas is a sporadically employed New Jersey construction worker who likes to go to flea markets, he was never present when a tusk crossed the border, and we think any suggestion that he knew the tusks were illegal is shaky.


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