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Old 30-06-2007, 12:11 AM
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african elephants

African elephants number about 470,000-685,000, which sounds a lot, but that's compared to millions a couple of decades ago. Can you imagine that some people out there are responsible for killing millions of african elephants Luckily, things are starting to change for the better and numbers seem to be steadily going up again

african elephants now get quite a bit of protection and since the ivory ban the situation has seemed to improved
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Lets hope the improvement continues maber.
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Here's a question that must often have kept many of us awake at night.

Is a fast-moving elephant running or walking?

After much study - BBC News - Do speedy elephants walk or run? - the answer seems to be, 'both'!
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Two species?

Some work suggests that there are actually two (ong-separated genetically) species of African elephant:
BBC News - African elephant is two species, researchers say
If correct, this could have implications for conservation efforts.
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Elephants co-operating

I don't think this is particularly new:
BBC - Earth News - Elephants know how to co-operate
Elephants are clearly very co-operative, still it's nice to see the evidence!
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Older and wiser

Older females are wiser:
BBC - Earth News - Older female elephants are wiser matriarchs
Or, do wiser females live longer?
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How do you keep elephants away from your fields of crops?
Enormous electrified fences?
Deep ditches?
Nothing so complicated, apparently:
all you need are honey bees ....
BBC Nature - Beehives stop elephant crop-raids in Kenya, Africa
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