(Posted 20th April 2026)
Courtesy of African Elephant News
| Rhett Ayers Butler & David Akana, Mongabay (U.S.), April 19, 2026 |
| In the far southwest of the Central African Republic, where dense forest gives way to a broad clearing, elephants gather in numbers rarely seen elsewhere. The place is known as Dzanga Bai. Forest elephants are among the least visible large mammals in Africa. In closed-canopy rainforest, they move in small groups, often at night, communicating over long distances through low-frequency calls that travel beyond human hearing. Much of their social life unfolds out of sight. In Dzanga Bai, elephants emerge from the forest to feed on minerals in the soil. They linger. Families converge, separate, and return. |
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