Question

4) Elephants who are past reproductive age often lose their teeth in old age, then slowly starve to death as a result. Explain why there is no evolutionary pressure for this terrible and seemingly maladaptive situation to change.

Answer 1

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Maladaptive means not providing adequate or appropriate adjustment to the environment or situation. Maladaptive behaviors are those which some people use to avoid directly confronting the discomfort of new situations or environments. They ease the pain of not being willing to adjust to new situations.

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Answer 2

Maladaptive development

Explanation:

Elephants have the biggest teeth, even bigger than whales. When the animal becomes old, their teeth start breaking and falling off. This makes chewing difficult. Most mature animals at this stage die of starvation. This is nature's way of executing the life cycle of these giant beings.

However, it is a traumatic way to die and has proven to be more pain to the animal than help with its survival. So this feature is called a maladaptive development trait. And the species has not been able to adapt differently and overcome this difficulty to this day.