Impalas in the rain at Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique (IMAGE)
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Heavy rains fall on three impala in Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique. When Cyclone Idai slammed Gorongosa with 105 mph winds and pounding rains on March 15, 2019, the resulting floodwaters transformed the ecosystem of the park, killing half of the oribi and reedbuck (two small antelope species) and damaging many other herbivore populations. Some died during the storm, unable to outrun the rising waters, and others died of starvation or malnutrition in the aftermath, as nutrient-dense grasses drowned, leaving animals to forage on nutrient-poor substitutes.
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Robert Pringle, Princeton University
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