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by deafpolygon 1286 days ago
Isn't that the very mechanism under which evolution operates? Survival of the 'fittest' doesn't mean strongest/fastest. Clearly, due to poaching activities, tuskless elephants are being 'selected' for survival.
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Survival of the fittest is only an approximation, the true state is a tautology though: survival of those who survive.