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It would be a shame if mighty elephants were evolved to the size of piglets that people keep as pets.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeoloxodon_falconeri:

“Palaeoloxodon falconeri is an extinct species of dwarf elephant from the Middle Pleistocene of Sicily and Malta. It is amongst the smallest of all dwarf elephants at only one metre in height. A member of the genus Palaeoloxodon, it derived from a population of the mainland European straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus)”

Not quite piglets, but getting there.


This is a good start up idea in biotech. And highly lucrative. Genetically engineered tea cup elephants.




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