Skull of the Indian Elephant showing its enormous tusks

   The massive skulls of full grown tuskers, with tusks weighing over 50 pounds each, from Coimbatore District, are exhibited on pedestals on either side of the gallery. The tusks are of solid ivory and attain an enormous length, as they continue to grow throughout life. As is well known, they are of great commercial value, and form the raw material for all ivory products.

Tusks with Mirror

  A pair of elephant's tusks are fixed on either side of an oval shaped mirror. The whole exhibit was received as a gift from Mrs. Kamala Raghavachari, Chennai.

Skull of an Elephant

   The longitudinal section of the skulls of man, horse and an elephant serves to illustrate comparatively small brain cavity and the air spaces in the skull of the elephant.

   The bird's most distinctive character is the presence of feathers. They arise from the skin and are related to the scales. The complete mounted specimen of booted-eagle illustrates the feathers and the skeleton illustrates the various parts of the skeleton.