The alternative ivory sources that could help save elephants

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The alternative ivory sources that could help save elephants
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Despite international bans, thousands of African elephants are illegally killed each year for their tusks. Could finding a human-made alternative be the answer?

that few other materials can boast: beautiful, durable, homogenous in appearance and easy to carve while retaining a high level of shine.

Ivory has been banned for years, but unregulated trade - especially in Asia - continues to fuel demand which are 3D-printed layer by layer into a desired shape. Despite mimicking the properties of ivory, Digory's chemical structure is nothing like it, unlike the creation ofThe original idea to create synthetic ivory came from the desire to replace the ivory veneers of piano keys

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