{"id":51320,"title":"~ of elephants and sea slugs","description":"World Elephant Day on the 12th August! and ~ the sea slugs and snails could have (and probably will have!) a jigsaw all to themselves. So many, and with such fascinating life stories.","content":"

World Elephant Day<\/u><\/strong><\/a> on the 12th<\/sup> August. A day marked to remember the plight, and the importance, of this large keystone species.<\/span><\/p>

Part of Nature\u2019s architectural landscapers, rearranging trees, planting new ones. Forests grow, fall and regenerate in the wake of elephants. These are far ranging animals with ancestral migratory routes stored in the collective memory \u2013 or so we guess, with our limited understanding. I have witnessed a young elephant making a journey that followed an ancient migratory path known to have been used by the herds hundreds of years before. Crowded out by humans, their natural ranges and food and water supplies, have become limited. Collectively, as a species, while we excel in destruction and a desire to control, we are really quite abysmal when it comes to sharing.<\/p>


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