“Patrick is a little off on his assessment of the sound emanating from the elephant. It’s not the elephant’s stomach but a low-frequency, partially infrasonic elephant call used in warning or to call to offspring. Confusion notwithstanding, we crouch to watch the adult forest elephant grab trunkfuls of leaves from the surrounding vegetation as the growling continues. ” - Monga Bay
“In December 2000, wildlife conservationist Michael Fay completed an epic 2,000-mile (3,218-kilometer) trek through the central forests of Gabon and the Republic of the Congo.” Mike Fay said the following about his trek - “We want people to think about Gabon as a place to see an unbelievable abundance of nature?elephants on the beach, gorillas basking in the sun?a real natural paradise. I think we can accomplish that because what we have there is just that. This national park system that we’ve set up encompasses all the biodiversity and all of the habitats. ” - National Geographic News
“Elephant numbers have dramatically fallen in the Central African Republic and Gabon because they are being killed for their ivory, the study says. ” - BBC News
