Elephants from the Air (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Elephants from the Air

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A lead researcher in the recent Great Elephant Census across Africa, wildlife ecologists Curtice Griffin at UMass Amherst also evaluated counting methods. He says though one would think that an animal the size of an elephant would be easy to spot from a plane, factors such as herd size and habitat type can affect observers' ability to count these animals from 300 feet off the ground in a plane going 100 miles per hour.

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Elephants Without Borders

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