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Aug
6
2008
Not all elephant calves are equal when drought bites hardest
Male elephant Loxodonta africana calves with young mothers are most likely to die during a drought, according to findings published this week in Biology Letters. The study, led by Wildlife Conservation Society researcher Charles Foley, used data from the 1993 extreme drought in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, to look for patterns in calf survival resulting from calf sex, mother’s age and family group. Some family groups migrated out of the Park during the drought: only these clans contained individuals old enough to remember the previous severe drought of 1958-61. Seems that an elephant really does never forget. Source: Foley C, Pettorelli N & Foley L (2008) Severe drought and calf survival in elephants. Biology Letters DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0370
Image: © Charles Foley
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