#herbivores

· 3w ago

#Hippos secrete red sweat to stay cool in #WestAfrica 🦛 Although #herbivores, parents fiercely protect infants leading to conflict with people. #PalmOil and #tobacco #deforestation are threats. #BoycottPalmOil 🌴⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius Palm Oil Detectives

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Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius Palm Oil Detectives

The Common Hippopotamus, or Hippo, is a powerful and enduring symbol of Africa’s rivers and wetlands. Once common throughout all of Africa and the revered subjects of African folklore —their populations are now in peril. Hippo numbers plummeted in the 1990s and early 2000s due to unregulated #hunting and land conversion for #palmoil #cocoa and #tobacco #agriculture and human settlement. Although some strongholds remain in East and Southern Africa, many populations are in decline across #WestAfri

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· 1mo ago

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Recent #research finds that lots of large #herbivores like #elephants 🦏🐘help plant #biodiversity in rainforests! Help big plant eaters and #plants to survive! 🐘🩶#Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🧐🪔⛔️ @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

Large herbivores, like elephants improve tree diversity Palm Oil Detectives

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Large herbivores, like elephants improve tree diversity Palm Oil Detectives

A recent study using satellite data has highlighted the critical role that large herbivores play in promoting tree diversity in forest ecosystems. The research showed that areas with abundant large herbivores had more varied tree cover and more tree diversity. This finding underscores the importance of large herbivores in many ecosystems and that they should have primary importance in conservation strategies, particularly in the context of global efforts to combat climate change and extinction.

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