Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 570
destroyed,is cast out in front. The same molar can thus bereplaced as many as eight times. The tusks,which are only enormously elongated teeth, canbe renewed only once. This wearing process and the ejection of thestump of the tooth go on very slowly during thelife of the elephant. Only one or two… … A DIAGRAM OF THE MOUTH AND JAWS OFAN ELEPHANT — SIDE VIEW.A and B show the teeth that have been pushed forward to the frontof the mouth and are in use. When they are worn out, their place istaken by D and C, which work forward to supply the vacancy. Theundeveloped teeth at E and F come forward to…
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