From: "Rich Gauszka" 

That's one tough tusk - chain saw, hand saws and a drill that can punch
through concrete - ouch

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070218/ap_on_re_us/elephant_tusk_removed_4
PORTLAND, Ore. - The next time you dread a trip to the dentist, consider
the plight of poor Tusko the elephant. It took veterinarians and a dentist
nearly five hours Saturday to remove what was left of an elephant's
infected tusk at the Oregon Zoo, and it took a chain saw, hand saws and a
drill that can punch through concrete to do the job.

 At least 20 people worked from midmorning to early afternoon to remove the
rock-hard ivory, which was extracted in foot-long, bloody slabs. A ring the
size of a roll of duct tape remains; veterinarians plan to go after it in
about six weeks.

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