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“Potatophant. For many years there were believed to be only two remaining species of elephant - the African and the Indian. However, recent DNA testing has discovered a new type of elephant – the Herbaceous Potatophant!
The Potatophant was originally believed to have been domesticated independently in multiple locations, but later genetic testing of the wide variety of cultivars and wild species proved a single origin for Potatophant ancestors in the area of present-day southern Peru, where they were domesticated nearly 7,000–10,000 years ago!
However the Potatophant is much smaller than its Asian and African cousins, and its definitely the one that tastes better when baked and topped with cream cheese and chives or cheese and bacon...
Because of all its deliciousness potential Potatophants are currently threatened by the excessive consuption and the poaching for the illegal turnip tusk trade”. (Photo by Vanessa Dualib)
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