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A Fragile Equilibrium
Inside one national park’s quest to make peace between humans and animals
the Pùngué River from
Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park to visit the
village of Vinho, although they never go together.
Their rambles to explore the countryside are solitary
and often nocturnal. And if they come across something tasty
to eat, they just swipe it up without a second thought. These
rascally male elephants often run afoul of the villagers whose
crops they take, though the villagers use less diplomatic
language: They say “pillage” or “steal.”
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COURTES Y OF GO RONGO S A N AT IONA L PAR K
BY J O R I LEWIS
