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TIL that due to poaching, female African elephants are evolving tuskless; about 1/3 of females in a Mozambique Nat'l Park were born tuskless with males evolving smaller tusks. They use tusks to compete for mating, dig for water and topple trees for food which in turn creates habitats and water holes

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