PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Elephants eat plants. That’s common knowledge to biologists and animal-loving schoolchildren alike. Yet figuring out exactly what kind of plants the iconic ...
A recent study suggests that the large mammals may seek out parts of bananas and papayas when they’re suffering from gut parasites, sparking a cross-species exchange of pharmaceutical knowledge ...
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Elephants self-medicate with banana peels
When elephants raid farms, they often eat the stems and leaves of banana and papaya plants while leaving the ruined fruit behind. Why destroy crops without eating the reward? Researchers think the ...
Many farmers across the western African nation of Gabon share the same grievance: waking up to trampled crops after nighttime raids by hungry forest elephants.
The genetic analysis detected 367 different plant species across the samples. More remarkably, individual elephants showed ...
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