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Listen to the secret lives of elephants
« Thread Started on Oct 10, 2009, 8:16pm »

Elephants are an extremely important species, both biologically and economically. They’re known as a "keystone" species because of their significant influences on other animals and on African and Asian terrestrial ecosystems.
Economically, elephants contribute enormously to national revenues generated through ecotourism. However, elephant populations have declined dramatically over the last two hundred years. They continue to face many pressures, including forest fragmentation, human population expansion, weak park management, and the ongoing trade -- mostly illegal -- in ivory and ivory products.

Being large mammals with slow growth rates and long gestation periods, elephants are acutely affected by these threats.

IFAW is collaborating with the Bioacoustics Research Program (BRP) at Cornell’s Laboratory of Ornithology on an Elephant Listening Project. This groundbreaking work records elephants' low-frequency "infrasounds," or rumbles, which are inaudibule to human ears.

Through this research, we hope to establish a baseline population for these forest elephants, which have traditionally been difficult to monitor, and thus ensure their continued protection through the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

IFAW also works to save elephants by establishing habitat protection programs, funding anti-poaching patrols, and providing resources for park infrastructure improvements.

LISTEN HERE:
http://www.ifaw.org/audio/Elephants/African-elephants.mp3

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