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# Elephants have evolved to be tuskless because of ivory poaching, a study finds
- URL: https://werd.io/elephants-have-evolved-to-be-tuskless-because-of-ivory-poaching/
- Published: 2021-10-24T21:52:35.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-24T21:52:35.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

“"When we think about natural selection, we think about it happening over hundreds, or thousands, of years," said Samuel Wasser, a conservation biologist at the University of Washington, who was not involved in the research. "The fact that this dramatic selection for tusklessness happened over 15 years is one of the most astonishing findings."”

\[[Link](https://www.npr.org/2021/10/22/1048336907/elephants-tuskless-ivory-poaching-africa?fbclid=IwAR0RHtf50fEiC-rI5zFTsDNQB-B5XvD93bTLC%5FtxSUqJQX2z7sf%5FvGgvDpA)\]