The continuous loss of habitat also means fewer areas to feed for these gigantic animals. Over the past 30 years, there has been an 80% reduction in fruits for African forest elephants.
DESCRIPTION: Forest elephants are the smaller of the two African elephant species ... LIFE CYCLE: Forest elephants may live to be up to 70 years old. FEEDING: Forest elephants are generalists that ...
African forest elephants are smaller and inhabit rainforests ... effectively preventing the elephants from accessing their traditional annual feeding grounds. besides destroying the elephants ...
Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades ...
DESCRIPTION: Savannah elephants are the larger of the two African elephant species ... BREEDING: The breeding strategies for forest and savannah elephants are assumed to be mostly the same.