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They live on about 2% of the country's land area, and a little more than 7% of male elephants bear tusks. Tuskers are exposed to more harm than other elephants, even though poaching for ivory is not common in Sri Lanka. As time has passed, seeing tuskers in the wild parts of Sri Lanka has become a rarity.