> how do they connect this fact with poaching? Poachers kill elephants for their tusks. A poacher won't kill an elephant with partially formed or no tusks, as

> how do they connect this fact with poaching? Poachers kill elephants for their tusks. A poacher won't kill an elephant with partially formed or no tusks, as it has no value to them. This allows elephants with the tuskless gene to survive and eventually reproduce where other elephants would not.