If you have planned a future trip to the African savannahs to observe the beautiful wildlife that roams it, you may find that far fewer of them roam the grounds in daylight today.
The reason why many animals changed their daily schedule will be told with the help of Claude.
Herds of elephants, deer and giraffes are not a rare sight in the savannah - but those who want to see them soon will probably have to do so in the barely lit hours of sunrise and sunset, according to a new study by three researchers from the University of Minnesota in collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Center in Kenya, published in Passed in the Journal of Animal Ecology of the British Ecological Society.
The researchers found that while the savannah continues to be a suitable habitat for wild animals, most of them have moved to be more active at night, to avoid the daytime hours, when herds of cattle graze in the fields.
The shift to nocturnal activity enables the survival of wild animals among denser human populations - but apparently the wild animals exact a heavy price.
Wildlife now adheres to the cycle of cattle activity, which dictates their behavior.
The herbivores prefer dawn and dusk - because activity at the height of the night will pit them against predators.
Changing the activity hours of the wild animals probably also harms tourism based on safari trips.
A survey by Save the Elephants has already aptly demonstrated the consequences, when it revealed that tourists complain about landscapes that are too "quiet" during their safari trips, even though the animals have not left the savannah - they have simply moved to be active during hours when there are fewer people to disturb.
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