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Mozambique: The Elephant and the Mosquito

May 19, 2014

Insects might be at the bottom of the food chain - with mammals at the top - but they're still a crucial part of it.

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In the Gorongosa National Park, international scientists are cataloguing the local ecosystem from mosquitoes to elephants, and compiling a who's who of indigenous species. The goal is to repopulate the park after the devastation caused by the civil war that ended more than 20 years ago.