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A lot of elephants are killed for the ivory in their tusks

Some elephants are born without tusks and live much longer.

Natural mating between tuskless elephants will dramatically increase.

This will result in the trait being propagated rapidly.




>This will result in the trait being propagated rapidly.

Another comment by Stevvo mentioned

> ... a trait that could negatively impact a female's chance of survival AND kills 100% of her male offspring.




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