The Tusks of Extinction, by Ray Nayler
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The Tusks of Extinction is a short 2024 science fiction novella by Ray Nayler about the resurrection of woolly mammoths. The story follows a digitized consciousness of a murdered elephant expert, Dr. Damira Khismatullina, which has been uploaded into the mind of a mammoth matriarch to help the herd survive against poachers and trophy hunters.