r/MadeMeSmile • • 13h ago

ANIMALS What a lovely elephant

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u/Nexus_Neo 11h ago

Are its tusks supposed to cross?

Like... is that a normal, healthy thing, i mean.

Hope nothings wrong with it.

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u/Open_Chemistry_3300 9h ago

They’re not suppose to, but apparently it’s kinda of like human teeth. They’re a little messed up but they’re fine the elephant learns and adapts. The only time it can be a real problem is in really really bad cases when it gets in the way of eating a the like.

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u/beegtuna 5h ago

I didn’t know British elephants exist

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u/Impressive_Pin8761 9h ago

tbh sounds like a problem solved by careful application of an angle grinder