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Wild African elephants have to be culled if they aren’t given enough habitat
Posted on 4/26/26 at 10:23 am
Posted on 4/26/26 at 10:23 am
Picture the Africa elephant’s traditional habitat as a dinner plate. Place a postage stamp on the plate and that is their habitat in 2026 (roughly). The rest of the dinner plate is farmland, cities, roads, etc.
Elephants are smart but they don’t understand carrying capacity. Because of this they keep making baby elephants despite the fact they have a small fraction of their traditional habitat to live on. Which means at some point the elephant population reaches a point where their habitat can be barren of food, and starvation ensues (for elephants and other animals there).
So there are actually (3) alternatives, despite my title:
- Remove farms and development and give elephants more habitat
- Cull elephants to keep their populations in check
- Let the elephants mostly starve to death
Side note: Culled elephants from trophy hunting are almost 100% consumed by locals, often with nothing left after 24 hours.
Elephants are smart but they don’t understand carrying capacity. Because of this they keep making baby elephants despite the fact they have a small fraction of their traditional habitat to live on. Which means at some point the elephant population reaches a point where their habitat can be barren of food, and starvation ensues (for elephants and other animals there).
So there are actually (3) alternatives, despite my title:
- Remove farms and development and give elephants more habitat
- Cull elephants to keep their populations in check
- Let the elephants mostly starve to death
Side note: Culled elephants from trophy hunting are almost 100% consumed by locals, often with nothing left after 24 hours.
This post was edited on 4/26/26 at 10:26 am
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Posted on 4/26/26 at 10:26 am to weagle1999
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Remove farms and development and give elephants more habitat
This is my vote. Since I like elephants and I don’t have a farm
Over there.
Posted on 4/26/26 at 10:34 am to weagle1999
Africa strikes me as one of the least populated continents on the planet….how the hell can we be running out of space there?
Posted on 4/26/26 at 10:38 am to Spankum
Imagine an entire continent of Section 8
Posted on 4/26/26 at 10:52 am to Spankum
Its roughly 20% of the World's total Population. Meanwhile North America is 5%
Posted on 4/26/26 at 10:56 am to weagle1999
I once saw a documentary that noted that elephants will eat the wood from the trunk of a tree if starvation hits. It is indigestible. In short, they die from constipation.
Even though it’s not shitty way to die, it does sound horrible.
Even though it’s not shitty way to die, it does sound horrible.
Posted on 4/26/26 at 11:11 am to biglego
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Imagine an entire continent of Section 8
It's exhausting.
Posted on 4/26/26 at 11:11 am to weagle1999
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Africa
quote:
they don’t understand carrying capacity.
Hmmm...
Posted on 4/26/26 at 11:14 am to weagle1999
This problem is the west and mainly the US has not allowed nature to take its course in Africa. If we would the populations would fall to a more balanced number. They don't have the know how to sustain the population they have.
Posted on 4/26/26 at 11:23 am to weagle1999
Farm Africa hahaha that will take care of its self
Posted on 4/26/26 at 11:33 am to weagle1999
Carrying capacity on a landscape and how animal populations need to be managed is an inconceivable idea to many here.
Posted on 4/26/26 at 12:22 pm to weagle1999
Racist elephants.
Posted on 4/26/26 at 12:24 pm to weagle1999
We should bring the Elephants to Louisiana and let them live in the swamps so that they can eat the vegetation there and kill the Swamp Hippos.
Posted on 4/26/26 at 12:26 pm to weagle1999
For the people who haven't heard Kinison before:
This post was edited on 4/26/26 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 4/26/26 at 12:53 pm to Spankum
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Africa strikes me as one of the least populated continents on the planet
It has 1.5B people which is the 2nd highest after Asia. The population is also growing at a faster rate compared to most other continents. However, it’s middle of the pack in terms of population density
Posted on 4/26/26 at 2:51 pm to biglego
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Imagine an entire continent of Section 8
The dream of every Democrat
Posted on 4/26/26 at 2:57 pm to weagle1999
Pretty much why Chicken gave the LLotOT designated IM thrays
Posted on 4/26/26 at 3:13 pm to SuperSaint
Well if you give the elephants more habitat, the population will expand to fill that up. Then what? Even more land? At some point you have to decide how much habitat do they need to maintain a healthy population. Someone more knowledgeable will have to determine that. As far as people goes, if it gets too crowded they go to other continents primarily North America and Europe.
Posted on 4/26/26 at 4:05 pm to Cycledude
quote:nothing healthy about those elephants in the lunch thread.
At some point you have to decide how much habitat do they need to maintain a healthy population.
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