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    ELEPHANTS: WHY ARE THESE ICONIC AFRICAN ANIMALS LOSING THEIR TUSKS?

    Dec 01, 2021 3 minutes
    by DR JV CHAMARY
    “As tusklessness existed before the war, the trait probably isn’t caused by new mutations, but by rare genetic variants that are now more common in the gene pool”

    List an elephant’s most iconic characteristics and tusks should be right behind the long trunk, and arguably ahead of big ears and thick skin.

    Tusks are elongated teeth that grow continuously and are used to dig for food and nutrients, clear

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