![]() ![]() The survivors were likely to share a key characteristic: half the females were naturally tuskless - they simply never developed tusks - while before the war, less than a fifth lacked tusks. In the region that’s now Gorongosa National Park, around 90% of the elephants were killed. Now researchers have pinpointed how years of civil war and poaching in Mozambique have led to a greater proportion of elephants that will never develop tusks.ĭuring the conflict from 1977 to 1992, fighters on both sides slaughtered elephants for ivory to finance war efforts. ![]() ![]() But during episodes of intense ivory poaching, those big incisors become a liability. WASHINGTON (AP) - A hefty set of tusks is usually an advantage for elephants, allowing them to dig for water, strip bark for food and joust with other elephants. ![]()
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