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Elephants are evolving to lose their tusks in Mozambique(1/3)

2019-01-10 15:57:33 Ecns.cn Editor :Li Yan

$Hunting gave elephants that didn\'t grow tusks a biological advantage in Mozambique\'s Gorongosa National Park. Recent researches suggest that about a third of younger females—the generation born after the war ended in 1992—never developed tusks. Normally, tusklessness would occur only in about 2 to 4 percent of female African elephants. (Photo/IC)$

Hunting gave elephants that didn't grow tusks a biological advantage in Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park. Recent researches suggest that about a third of younger females—the generation born after the war ended in 1992—never developed tusks. Normally, tusklessness would occur only in about 2 to 4 percent of female African elephants. (Photo/IC)

$Hunting gave elephants that didn\'t grow tusks a biological advantage in Mozambique\'s Gorongosa National Park. Recent researches suggest that about a third of younger females—the generation born after the war ended in 1992—never developed tusks. Normally, tusklessness would occur only in about 2 to 4 percent of female African elephants. (Photo/IC)$

Hunting gave elephants that didn't grow tusks a biological advantage in Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park. Recent researches suggest that about a third of younger females—the generation born after the war ended in 1992—never developed tusks. Normally, tusklessness would occur only in about 2 to 4 percent of female African elephants. (Photo/IC)

$Hunting gave elephants that didn\'t grow tusks a biological advantage in Mozambique\'s Gorongosa National Park. Recent researches suggest that about a third of younger females—the generation born after the war ended in 1992—never developed tusks. Normally, tusklessness would occur only in about 2 to 4 percent of female African elephants. (Photo/IC)$

Hunting gave elephants that didn't grow tusks a biological advantage in Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park. Recent researches suggest that about a third of younger females—the generation born after the war ended in 1992—never developed tusks. Normally, tusklessness would occur only in about 2 to 4 percent of female African elephants. (Photo/IC)