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Mar 26, 2024
African forest elephants play a crucial role in shaping the Congo rainforest ecosystem, two experts explain on this episode. As seed dispersers and maintainers of forest corridors and clearings, they are sometimes referred to as "gardeners of the forest." 
 
Their small and highly threatened population needs additional study and conservation prioritization, since the loss of this species would fundamentally change the shape and structure of the world's second-largest rainforest.
 
Guest Fiona "Boo" Maisels is a conservation scientist at the Wildlife Conservation Society, while Andrew Davies is assistant professor of organismic and evolutionary biology at Harvard University, and they speak with host Mike DiGirolamo about these charismatic mammals.  
 
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Image credit: A calf attempts to sneak its trunk into a mineral pit that mom is drinking from. Protest calls are often heard from calves in this behavioral context, as mom sometimes pushes them away and they in turn express their displeasure with a little yell. Photo ©️ Ana Verahrami, Elephant Listening Project.
 
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(00:00) Introduction
(02:00) There are two African elephant species?
(06:06) Can the "value" of an elephant be quantified?
(19:30) The value of forest bais
(27:25) Impacts of climate change
(30:30) The future of forest elephants in the Congo Basin
(38:44) Credits
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