Learn English: The Baobab's Enduring Mystery (hard)

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The Baobab's Enduring Mystery

Madagascar's iconic baobab trees, with their distinctive thick trunks and sparse branches, shouldn't exist today.

Scientists believe giant tortoises and lemurs once spread their seeds, but these creatures vanished centuries ago.

Despite this, the baobab tree has persisted, and researchers may have uncovered the reason.

The introduction of bush pigs from mainland Africa may have inadvertently saved the baobab from extinction.

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Original: The Economist (Science and Technology)

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#baobab tree #madagascar #extinction #biodiversity #conservation

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