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Poaching is altering the genetics of wild animals

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Vox

Publication Date
2021-10-22

Sometime in the distant past, well before humans walked the Earth, the ancestors of modern-day elephants evolved their iconic tusks. Elephants use their bleach-white incisors — they’re technically giant teeth, like ours but longer — to dig, collect food, and protect themselves.

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https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/22735163/elephant-tusks-genetics-evolution-adaptation-hunting