The opposite is also true. In the 19th century, European cattle brought rinderpest—a virus that’s nearly always fatal to hoofed animals—to Africa, and it caused buffalo numbers to crash ...

And both African and Asian elephants bury their dead. While "an elephant never forgets" may be a bit of an exaggeration, the animals do have remarkable memories. Elephants file important details ...

The white-backed vulture is the most common and widespread vulture in sub-Saharan Africa. It is recognizable ... on carrion—the carcasses of dead animals—and, by eating flesh before it rots ...

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