Fernbank Museum's The Secret Lives of Elephants

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Fernbank Museum's The Secret World of Elephants “The big secret world is just how they communicate, how social they are, (and how they are) meeting up with other family groups,” Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Cara Martinez told WSB-TV’s Nelson Hicks. “There’s so much about elephants that we’re still learning, and all that learning just helps us understand it better, to make the world better for them and us.” (Nelson Hicks)

Fernbank Museum's The Secret World of Elephants “We love poop here,” Martinez said. “We know that our guests love poop too. But elephant poop is extremely good for the environment. So we have elephant poop creating food for insects. The land there creates small microcosms of the ecosystem. Elephants are also forest creators. So when they eat all those nice veggies and fruits and poop out the seeds later, they’ve left it with good fertilizer in new areas. So they’ll actually help create forests by leaving behind their dung.” (Nelson Hicks)

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