More than 100 elephants die in Chobe National Park! Elephants have no natural predators, so why are

Although elephants have no natural predators, ivory is indeed very rare, so many people want to get it.

Human hunting, environmental changes, resulting in the number of elephants decreasing day by day.

Because the elephants are too big and need something to eat, there are fewer of them.

Maybe it's because of the impact of the environment, and now the environmental pollution is still a bit serious.

News on October 24: Botswana** recently said that more than 100 elephants in the national park have died within two months due to severe drought. It's heart-wrenching to read this news, so let's discuss what happens if an elephant loses its tusks.

When we talk about ivory, we usually think of the pair of large tusks (upper incisors) that the elephant has exposedIn fact, it should also include molars to be precise. Ivory is the incisor of the elephant's upper jaw, but it is not used to chew, it is essentially more like two exogenous bones, and naturally the ivory is rarely broken, because elephants mainly feed on the 4 huge molars in their mouths, so the tusks we generally see will not affect their survival at allBut no matter what kind of teeth are lost, for elephants, there is only one ending, and that is death.

For wild elephants, that pair of tusks is not only their own **, but also a symbol of the strength and maturity of male elephants, with a pair of majestic tusks, and favored by female elephants. Humans loved ivory because of its texture and luster, which created a market, and poachers spawned into it. The natural replacement of elephant tusks is basically useless, so it is not surprising that the only way to obtain tusks is to wait for an elephant to die

Some black-hearted hunters came up with the idea of pulling out the tusks, because the tusks were so deep in the palate that they could be fatal.

In fact, the loss of tusks does not necessarily mean that an elephant will dieThe parts we see, like human fingernails, have no nerves, do not feel pain, and certainly not be life-threatening. But the rest of the flesh is connected to a large number of blood vessels and nerves, and in order to obtain the whole tusk, the poachers will cut the elephant's head horizontally, and in this way, the elephant will die.

If elephants lose their tusks, death awaits them.

It's just going to die, because the ivory is part of their body.

The loss of the ivory of the elephant is equivalent to the loss of the weapon of survival, and the only result is to wait for death.

It's hard to imagine, but ivory is so important to elephants.

I believe that the death of elephants in the "elephant cemetery" is partly due to natural disasters and, on the other hand, to the unfortunate killing of poachers.

Elephants have weak digestion, resulting in 60% of the nutrients in food being excreted only in the stomach and intestines, so elephants are eating most of the day and are particularly vulnerable to food shortages. When food is scarce due to natural disasters, they go near permanent water sources, and then starving elephants leave the world due to low blood sugar and various illnesses due to malnutrition.

Elephant tusks have been treasured since ancient times, so more and more poachers are killing elephants, resulting in large numbers of elephant remains in the same place. In the past, herds of elephant bones were found, and all the tusks on them were missing. It is highly likely that poachers will drive large herds of elephants together and then shoot them en masse, or poison many elephants in one spot, so that large quantities of tusks can be easily obtained.

The remains of elephants are easily used as food by other animals in the wild, and over time, people will think that the elephants will die in the "elephant cemetery". Elephants leave this world without being found, and the remains of elephants in the wild do not go to the "cemetery", but serve as a lunch for vultures and other animals. Until one day, piles of bones were discovered, and people imagined a magical story, and the legend of the "elephant grave" spread.

These are some of my thoughts on this issue, I hope it will be helpful to you!

Because he was about to die, he had to go to the park and wait for death.

Maybe this is the tacit understanding between animals and animals, which is why they go to the elephant cemetery and wait for death.

Every creature has its own behavior, and "high-IQ" elephants are naturally no exception.

It's hard to guess the behavior of animals, and every creature has its own behavior.