Elephants Learn To Avoid Landmines In War-Torn Angola
- 9 years ago
Elephants in war-torn Angola have adapted to their environment by learning the scent of landmines in order to avoid them and warn others to do the same.
Elephants in Angola have learned to avoid landmines leftover from the country’s decades-long civil war. Some even warn others to avoid them.
Elephants who have encountered landmines learn to avoid them based on their smell and alert the rest of the herd via gestures or low-frequency grumble.
Angola’s civil war took a devastating toll on the elephants there. Many were hunted for food and ivory. Once hostilities ended in 2002, elephants still found themselves in a dangerous territory due to the massive amount of landmine contamination.
In the past few years, however, “The landmine-death rate has fallen even as the elephant population
Elephants in Angola have learned to avoid landmines leftover from the country’s decades-long civil war. Some even warn others to avoid them.
Elephants who have encountered landmines learn to avoid them based on their smell and alert the rest of the herd via gestures or low-frequency grumble.
Angola’s civil war took a devastating toll on the elephants there. Many were hunted for food and ivory. Once hostilities ended in 2002, elephants still found themselves in a dangerous territory due to the massive amount of landmine contamination.
In the past few years, however, “The landmine-death rate has fallen even as the elephant population