Elephant (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

Rice University

Elephant (3 of 3)

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An African forest elephant photographed by Rice University graduate student Therese Lamperty in Gabon. Lamperty studied how the presence of megafauna like elephants affect insect populations in preserved and hunted forests. The study showed that termite populations in particular suffered when elephants are absent.

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Photo by Therese Lamperty

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