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DURING two and a half decades of African bush geology, an observation has forced itself upon me which may perhaps have been noticed by others, namely, that elephants appear to show preference for certain geological horizons. This is at times so well pronounced that the boundary line between two formations can be deduced from native information as to how far elephants circulate in the district. I have noticed it particularly in regions where crystalline rocks, mainly granite masses, come into contact with sandstone, and it is the latter which the elephants prefer.
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HYDE, H. African Elephants as Geological Indicators. Nature 165, 326 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/165326a0
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