November 29, 2016
WE ARE ALL DESIGNIST NOW:
African elephants are being born without tusks due to poaching, researchers say (Charlotte England, 27 November 2016, Independent)
An increasing number of African elephants are now born tuskless because poachers have consistently targetted animals with the best ivory over decades, fundamentally altering the gene pool.In some areas 98 per cent of female elephants now have no tusks, researchers have said, compared to between two and six per cent born tuskless on average in the past.
(via Eric Owens)
Posted by Orrin Judd at November 29, 2016 12:51 PM