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Seems like the relative death rates of tusked vs tuskless would matter. Remember the 32% is a percent potentially on a small number. Say to an extreme 99% of tusked elephants were killed, 99% of tuskless were unharmed. If tuskless is a genetic traight, it takes over very quickly even though total population size is smaller.



Exactly that!

I think it is ridiculous to think that more elephant are born without tusks as a kind of "random selection" or even adaption




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