The elephant population in the region declined more than 90% due to the war, and the mass hunting of the mammals for their tusks resulted in a phenotype of the species that had a better chance of survival -- specifically, female elephants.
Campbell-Staton began hearing about the rise of"tusklessness" elephants years ago when he was in graduate school, but the research to find an explanation for the phenomenon had not yet occurred, he said."In regions where there's intensive poaching, there seem to be more animals without tusks," he said."But we had no idea what was going on, why it happened ... the degree with which it happened.
"The selective killing of species – whether for food, safety, or profit – has only become more common and intense as human populations and technology have grown," the authors wrote."So much so, it's suggested that wildlife exploitation by humans has become a powerful selective driver in the evolution of targeted species.
Humans are horrible.
Or stain the tusks so they are useless to humans
Period🙏💖🐘💖🙏
I wonder if this is also the reason for hornless triceratops? Hmmm.
We need hunters to start hunting poachers instead.
Too bad tusks didn’t evolve to be extremely toxic and cancerous to humans.
😭😭😭they use the tusks to defend themselves against other animals 😭
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So start poaching the poachers.
Hopefully they will have a chance to survive now.
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