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Tusk is the name of the official live mascot for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks. The current live mascot is Tusk IV. All Tusks so far have been male (female swine do not have tusks) and from the same lineage. Tusk travels to every home football game at Fayetteville or Little Rock, as well as other select events (such as pep rallies). Tusk is put into a spacious cardinal red holding pen which travels through the crowds, with the cheerleaders on the upper level, making him a crowd favorite. During the actual game, Tusk is moved into Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium where he can be seen by the entire crowd. Tusk has been trained to give kisses to those who are brave enough to do so.〔http://espn.go.com/espn/photos/gallery/_/id/8252260/image/21/tusk-mascots-southeastern-conference〕 Tusk occupies a indoor facility and a fenced outdoor area just outside of Dardanelle, Arkansas. He uses the indoor facility to escape the heat and sun, and the outdoor facility provides him the opportunity to slop in several mud holes. One of the first things that Tusk does each day is to go straight to his mud hole for a mud bath. Since Razorbacks are extremely muscular and have very little body fat, the mud keeps him cooler throughout the day and protects him from the sun and insects. Before any official functions he must attend, Tusk is given a shampoo and wash to make sure he looks his best for the public. Tusk is one of several live mascots in the SEC, including UGA, the Georgia Bulldogs mascot, Reveille, the Texas A&M Aggies border collie mascot, Smokey, the bluetick coonhound of the Tennessee Volunteers, Bully, the Mississippi State English Bulldog mascot, Mike the Tiger of LSU, War Eagle of Auburn, and Sir Big Spur, the official live gamecock of the South Carolina Gamecocks. There are only a few other live lineage mascots in the United States. == History == All of the Russian boars bearing the name of Tusk so far have lived on a rural farm, just outside of Dardanelle, Arkansas and cared for by the Stokes family.〔https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTNI3x1xoTU〕 Tusk I came about when in 1994 Keith Stokes, then president of the Arkansas Pork Producers Association, was approached by local Razorback personality David Bazzel to find a wild hog to be the live mascot of the University of Arkansas.〔https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VulrIYszR1g〕 Stokes found a wild hog in Greenbrier, Arkansas which became Tusk I and started the Tusk lineage.〔https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VulrIYszR1g〕 All official Tusks so far have come from the same lineage. Tusks II and III were brothers and the offspring of Tusk I 〔https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTNI3x1xoTU〕 which were born August, 2002, to two separate female sows. They were both Russian boars, resembled wild razorback hogs, and weighed in at approximately each. Tusk II took over after the death of Tusk I in December 2004 and was known to sign autographs. An actual hoof print of Tusk II was taken and applied to an ink stamp that could be used on paper or T-shirts. Kids and Razorback fans could request the stamp where ever Tusk II made an appearance. Russian boars are extremely strong and surprisingly quick and fast for their size. Tusk II repeatedly jumped over a four-foot gate, at a weight of almost . Tusk II died on January 5, 2010〔http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2010/jan/04/arkansas-live-mascot-tusk-ii-dies/〕 and his brother, Tusk III, took over for the 2010 and 2011 football seasons as the Razorback mascot because Tusk IV was still too young to do so. Tusk IV is the son of Tusk II and was born February 20, 2010. Tusk IV took over as the official live mascot beginning in the 2012 football season.〔https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTNI3x1xoTU〕 He has been described by his caretakers as the most docile and friendly-to-humans Tusk so far, largely as a result of being raised and handled frequently by humans since his birth.〔https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2waUF1-M-Y〕 Tusk IV has made news for such things as sending flowers to retiring Texas mascot Bevo upon a diagnosis of cancer.〔http://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2015/oct/15/tusk-sends-bevo-flowers/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tusk (mascot)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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