Thirty-five African elephants in Zimbabwe dropped dead under baffling circumstances between late August and November 2020.
The cause of a mysterious mass death of African elephants that saw 11 of the world's largest land-based animals die in 24 hours has been unravelled by scientists - but they warn the danger isn't over yet.
It turns out a bacterial infection killed the elephants, according to the research based on samples taken from 15 of the animals that died in Zimbabwe. The authors said that heat, drought and population density in that area were likely contributing factors to the outbreak.With the increased risk of the extreme circumstances coming with climate change, the authors warned similar mass deaths could occur in the future.
The elephant mortalities in Botswana have been attributed to cyanobacterial neurotoxins, but further details have not been published, the study noted.Pablo Escobar's feral 'cocaine hippos' face being culled to stop them breeding The researchers said they failed to detect the bacteria in the other samples - a fact they attributed to poor sample quality and delays in getting the necessary permits that meant it was too late to perform some lab work.
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