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Elephants mine minerals deep inside Mount Elgon's Kitum Cave
Original: 🐘 ICYMI: In the pitch-black chambers of # MountElgon 's # Kitum Cave, African # savannah # elephants use their tusks to
African savannah elephants venture into the pitch-black chambers of Kitum Cave on Mount Elgon, using their tusks to scrape volcanic rock rich in sodium, calcium and magnesium. Generations of herds have hollowed out these deep mineral chambers and passed the unusual mining behaviour down through the generations, a striking example of learned animal culture.
Why now: The remarkable image of elephants mining salt inside a dark cave captures attention as an unusual example of animal behaviour passed down culturally.
African savannah elephantKitum CaveMount Elgon
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- 🐘 ICYMI: In the pitch-black chambers of # MountElgon 's # Kitum Cave, African # savannah # elephants use their tusks to scrape volcanic rock for # sodium , # calcium , and # magnesium . Generations of herds have hollowed out these deep mineral chambers, passing down an unusual… · tksst@fediscience.org · 20
- 🐘 ICYMI: In the pitch-black chambers of # MountElgon 's # Kitum Cave, African # savannah # elephants use their tusks to scrape volcanic rock for # sodium , # calcium , and # magnesium . Generations of herds have hollowed out these deep mineral chambers, passing down an unusual… · tksst@fediscience.org · 6
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