Do Asian elephants use tusks in fighting with other males? Or are tusks used to attract females? In this video, lets find out the importance of tusks in Asian elephants and also understand how researchers at CES (IISc, Bangalore) went about solving this puzzle! :)

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Original scientific articles:
1. Reference: Chelliah, Karpagam, and Raman Sukumar. "The role of tusks, musth and body size in male–male competition among Asian elephants, Elephas maximus." Animal Behaviour 86.6 (2013): 1207-1214.
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2. Reference: Chelliah, Karpagam, and Raman Sukumar. "Interplay of male traits, male mating strategies and female mate choice in the Asian elephant, Elephas maximus." Behaviour 152.7-8 (2015): 1113-1144.
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