In this episode, which is the second part of a 2 part interview, I talk to Professor Roger Short from the University of Melbourne on Asian Elephants. We discuss what evolution is doing to tusks of elephants, what elephants are used for today and what is causing their extinction, some history of elephants in ancient battles, and the tradition of mahoots – elephant keepers.
Professor Short is the Wexler Professorial Fellow at the Department of Zoology at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Listen in to this episode to hear the second part of the discussion with Professor Short.
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