2024-07-17 18:59:09
This elephant herd shows overpopulation in a time of drought. Elephant herds would rarely reach this size and it shows a mixture of cows and bulls (bulls are solitary) with a significant lack of calves, indicating a period of stress on the population. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(29-2-14) Author
2024-07-17 19:40:20
NNN - The post makes no claims as to the occurrence itself, only that herds could be that size, which is true. The circumstances leading to the size, while omitted, is not misleading. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(10-1-4) Author
2024-07-17 21:36:11
While not outright stating it, the post implies that this is what "normal" elephant populations would like like without human intervention. The note is well justified. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(1-0-15) Author
2024-07-18 08:22:38
The post provides no source that elephant herds were normally in that size during the 1950s. However, the elephant populations in Africa has declined with over 63% since 1979 – and over 95% since 1900: 1900: 10 million 1979: 1,3 million 1990s: 300 000 2008: 470 000 [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(7-0-6) Author
2024-07-18 16:46:51
NNN - Herds COULD be that big, it's not misleading, why use community notes for a elephant post anyway? NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(0-0-0) Author
2024-07-19 02:15:06
<Mkomazi (outside Tsavo) elephant herd, from the End of the Game, 1976 printed later unique gelatin silver print>[Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(1-0-1) Author