The physiological superpowers of savanna giants
Ecosystem engineers of the savanna
The chess game of predator and prey
Inside the modern game reserve
thabo Wildlife veterinarians position sedated elephants using the lateral recumbency technique.
thabo Patrol the savanna to discover how game reserves protect Africa's great animals.
thabo To maintain a strict limit of one elephant per square mile, managers culled nearly 15,000 animals between 1967 and 1994.
Between 1967 and 1994, what was the target elephant population that Kruger National Park systematically culled to maintain?
How do modern game reserves manage elephant distribution without resorting to population culling?
How does the 'Wiper' anti-poaching collar detect gunshots even if the poacher uses a silencer?
What low-power, long-range wireless network is commonly used in game reserves to transmit real-time animal tracker alerts?
Elephant ear cooling: During anesthesia, veterinarians spray the elephant's highly vascular ears with cold water to regulate their body temperature, mimicking their natural ear-flapping.
Which five African nations cooperate to form the massive Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area?
Why were hundreds of thousands of kilometers of fences originally built across southern Africa in the 1950s?
The practice of returning areas of land to a wild state, including the reintroduction of animal species. South Africa's Tswalu Kalahari successfully utilized this process to rehabilitate fifty overgrazed cattle ranches.
What is the mandatory body position for an anesthetized elephant during a veterinary procedure?