Elephant Trails 2 (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Elephant Trails 2

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African forest elephants, highly sociable animals, travel in small family groups to meet others at these muddy water sources, which are full of rich minerals they can't find in the forests. By clearing routes to these destinations, elephants have created a very complex network of roads that residents, tourists, scientists and loggers still use today.

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Carolyn A. Jost Robinson

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