Assertion: mammoth | /r/CapableOf | use their tusks
Facets:
value: to clear snow from the ground
type: PURPOSE
value: as shovels
type: MANNER
value: as weapons
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Woolly mammoths may have used their tusks as shovels to clear snow from the ground and reach the vegetation buried below, and to break ice to drink.
text: The mammoths could use their tusks as weapons by thrusting, swiping, or crashing them down, and used them in pushing contests by interlocking them, which sometimes resulted in breakage.
text: It is not clear whether the tusks were a specific adaptation to their environment, but it has been suggested that mammoths may have used their tusks as shovels to clear snow from the ground and reach the vegetation buried below.