Why Can't Elephants Live Without Tusks at Christy Cantu blog

Why Can't Elephants Live Without Tusks. The elephant’s chromosomal quirk stops males from easily reaching full tusklessness (although their tusks can shrink).  — models of the population suggest that the animals without tusks were roughly five times more likely to survive.  — but there’s a catch:  — a hefty set of tusks is usually an advantage for elephants, allowing them to dig for water, strip bark for food and joust with other.  — scientists identified the genes that played a role in many female elephants of mozambique’s gorongosa national park. a geneticist explains why.  — ivory hunting has pressured a population of african elephants to lose their tusks, researchers say, providing striking evidence of rapid evolution driven by humans.  — researchers have pinpointed how years of civil war and poaching in mozambique have led to a greater.

The elephant’s chromosomal quirk stops males from easily reaching full tusklessness (although their tusks can shrink).  — but there’s a catch:  — models of the population suggest that the animals without tusks were roughly five times more likely to survive. a geneticist explains why.  — researchers have pinpointed how years of civil war and poaching in mozambique have led to a greater.  — a hefty set of tusks is usually an advantage for elephants, allowing them to dig for water, strip bark for food and joust with other.  — scientists identified the genes that played a role in many female elephants of mozambique’s gorongosa national park.  — ivory hunting has pressured a population of african elephants to lose their tusks, researchers say, providing striking evidence of rapid evolution driven by humans.

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Why Can't Elephants Live Without Tusks  — ivory hunting has pressured a population of african elephants to lose their tusks, researchers say, providing striking evidence of rapid evolution driven by humans.  — models of the population suggest that the animals without tusks were roughly five times more likely to survive. The elephant’s chromosomal quirk stops males from easily reaching full tusklessness (although their tusks can shrink).  — a hefty set of tusks is usually an advantage for elephants, allowing them to dig for water, strip bark for food and joust with other.  — but there’s a catch:  — scientists identified the genes that played a role in many female elephants of mozambique’s gorongosa national park.  — researchers have pinpointed how years of civil war and poaching in mozambique have led to a greater.  — ivory hunting has pressured a population of african elephants to lose their tusks, researchers say, providing striking evidence of rapid evolution driven by humans. a geneticist explains why.