How Civil War Among Humans Made Animals Braver
In Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, bushbuck lived for years in relative safety, but still reacted to the scent of a lion.
by Veronique Greenwood
Mar 22, 2019
2 minutes
There was something odd about the bushbuck, the scientists finally decided.
They’d been watching the small antelope in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park in the Great Rift Valley for years, and they’d noticed more and more of the normally cautious, wood-dwelling creatures brazenly grazing on the plains, where they would be easy prey. They were seeking out the lush food that grows in sunny, open places; they
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