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Africa: Why It's So Important to Understand How Elephants Sleep
The Conversation Africa, 22 March 2017
Humans and animals need to do several things to pass on their genes: eat, avoid being eaten, reproduce and sleep. Missing any of these biological imperatives leads to death. But… Read more »
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Africa: Africa's Mammals May Not Be Able to Keep Up With the Pace of Climate Change
The Conversation Africa, 18 January 2017
Humans have decimated the world's mammals over the last several thousand years and continue to do so today. Ghosts of mammoths, bison, horses, and saber-toothed cats haunt the… Read more »
Why It's So Important to Understand How Elephants Sleep
Research has already shown that larger mammals tend to sleep less than smaller mammals. So African elephants, adults weighing between 3000 and 5000 kg, shouldn't sleep much, writes Paul Manger for The Conversation Africa.
