Re: The thing with goats

From: ttrotsky2 <TTrotsky_at_iNiXsZjhfffZispnhVxMmbGAsr-qeVnkr7cPAkz8C8rPa7RFsCQeN84x76moKV7o4qI>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:41:13 -0000

Andrew Dawson:

>

> On a related note, there are "primitive" deer that have tusks instead
> of antlers - and the tusks are used for the same functions as antlers.
> Tapirs (some of them anyway - I'm not claiming expertise) have tusks,

I'm not aware of any tapir that has tusks, to be honest. Their teeth are more like those of a horse than anything else:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Tapirus.terrestris.flehmen.jpg

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