Comic #3585: tusklessness

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Panel 1: Child: “Dad, elephants have been hunted by humans for ivory a lot, lately. As a result, smaller and smaller tusks have been selected for.”

Panel 2: Child: “What’s your point?” Adult: “If the trend continues, one day, all elephants will be tuskless!”

Panel 3: Child: “Well, what if people used to hunt unicorns for their horns?” Adult: “What if horses are all just unicorns that evolved their hornlessness because of us?”

Panel 4: Child: “That means there’s an entire race of sapient animals with reason to hate us, who are patiently serving us as we breed them in ever-greater numbers.” Adult: “Uh huh.”

Panel 5: Child: “The little one is on to us.” Adult: “No one will believe her.”

(Comic by SMBC Comics)