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This all happens because the tusks of the elephants are very valuable to hunters and the ones with tusks are less likely to survive because they are hunted.Over time the elephants adapt to being hunted and they are born without tusks.
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Why are tuskless elephants more likely to reproduce in Africa?
This all happens because the tusks of the elephants are very valuable to hunters and the ones with tusks are less likely to survive because they are hunted.Over time the elephants adapt to being hunted and they are born without tusks.
Why are tusk less elephants becoming more likely to reproduce than the ones with tusks?
Poachers have decimated the elephant populations where elephants have large tusks. They kills elephants for their tusks, which is known as ivory. The ivory trade is illegal except in countries like China. As elephants with big tusks are killed off by poachers, only elephants with small tusks or no tusks at all at left to mate and have offspring.
Why are tusk less elephants becoming more likely to reproduce than ones with tusk?
Poachers have decimated the elephant populations where elephants have large tusks. They kills elephants for their tusks, which is known as ivory. The ivory trade is illegal except in countries like China. As elephants with big tusks are killed off by poachers, only elephants with small tusks or no tusks at all at left to mate and have offspring.
Why may the number of tuskless elephants in Uganda be increasing?
Ivory, which is what elephant tusks are made of, is really valuable and poachers are taking the tusks off the elephants to sell illegally on the black market.
Do Asian elephants have tusks?
Asian Elephants do have tusks but only males.
Do female african elephants have tusks?
Yes, they do.
What may cause its extinction elephant?
Elephants are becoming extinct due to the killing of elephants for their tusks.
What state do elephants are most likely to survive?
well elepphants with long tusks obvisouly, but they can be all hard if you think about it with their long tusks, you know fight of their battles beat other animals up LOl.
How did natural selection affect elephants?
Natural selection has significantly influenced the evolution of elephants, particularly in their physical and behavioral traits. Traits such as large size, long trunks, and tusks have provided advantages in foraging, social interaction, and protection against predators. However, in recent years, human activities like poaching have led to a shift in natural selection, favoring tuskless elephants, as those without tusks are less targeted. This change highlights how environmental pressures can reshape species over time.
Which is stronger teeth or tusks?
Tusks
How do animals become endangered and extinct?
some animals are becoming extint because people hunt and kill animals for fur,tusks,skin etc.
Did Medusa have boar's tusks?
In mythology, she did have tusks.
