In the same area where these herbivores graze, halfway between Namibia and Botswana, ReconAfrica - a Canadian oil and gas company - has leased more than 34 thousand square kilometres of land to build a new oil field. The news, however, is that it was not poaching that killed them, but something undefined and as yet intangible. Up to 350 dead adult elephants have been found here since the summer of 2020.Īn alarming number, but one that should be compared to the more than 130 thousand specimens of African elephant that live in the area and the approximately 450 thousand on the African continent. that does not meet the sea) in the world: one of the most complex and biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. We are talking about the Okavango Delta, the second largest inland river delta (i.e. Today, on the other hand, if you will allow me the simile, we may have discovered one of these mysterious burial sites, although in this case it has nothing to do with the instinct of these majestic mammals. Only coincidences had been found, areas with a high concentration of skeletons, too weak to establish any certainty. To date, there has been no trace of these mystical places.
It is a behaviour that undoubtedly fascinates and that suggests to the most attentive minds endless theories about elephant consciousness, intelligence and sensitivity. Yes, because it seems that the oldest elephants of a herd instinctively head for this undefined place to die far from their family, their clan. Have you ever heard of it? It is a place somewhere between legend and reality.
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