Why elephants don’t have canine teeth?

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Why elephants don’t have canine teeth?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Elephants are herbivores and dont requite teeth for tearing flesh. It’s a bit like asking why don’t cows have canines? There is no evolutionary advantage for a herbivore to have canines unless it’s branching out into omnivore teritory.

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