Elephants are evolving to not grow their tusks after years of being hunted and killed by poachers, research reveals. Almost 90 per cent of African elephants in Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park were slaughtered for their ivory to finance weapons in the country's civil war. Male elephant tusks are bigger and heavier, but due to increased poaching, hunters began to focus on females. Other countries have also seen a shift in the number of elephants growing tusks. In South Africa 98 per cent of the 174 females in Addo Elephant National Park reportedly did not grow tusks in the early 2000s.

Source: The Star November 11, 2018 08:15 UTC