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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

cayugafalls

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4. It is the unconscious conspiracy. Evolution.

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Fri Oct 22, 2021, 07:33 AM

Oct 2021

Without knowing what they were doing the poachers were putting themselves out of business. Once the gene pool is saturated with tuskless adults, the 'unconscious conspiracy' is complete.

Good on you, Darwin.

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Poaching is altering the genetics of wild animals [View all] douglas9 Oct 2021 OP

;-{)🖖‍ Goonch Oct 2021 #1

They are smarter than we will ever know bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #2

But the consequences are bad, as they need their tusks! Tanuki Oct 2021 #3

It is the unconscious conspiracy. Evolution. cayugafalls Oct 2021 #4

I wonder if elephants are selecting for the trait consciously nuxvomica Oct 2021 #5

I was lucky to see one of the last "long tuskers" in Africa. These are sinkingfeeling Oct 2021 #6