What will it take to save the Savanna Elephant?

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National Geographic

Science, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

As the CEO of WildlifeDirect, Paula Kahumbu has dedicated her life to saving space for wildlife to thrive in Africa and building healthy relationships between humans and wild elephants. Paula got her start in wildlife conservation by measuring Kenya’s stockpile of elephant tusks confiscated from poachers—12 tons in all. And it turns out poachers aren’t the only threat to this endangered species. For more information on this episode, visit natgeo.com/overheard. Want More? Check out even more coverage on elephants this month, including Secrets of the Elephants, a four-part National Geographic series streaming April 22 on Disney+. Visit NatGeo.com/elephants to learn more. Also explore: To learn more about Paula Kahumbu and her work introducing the next generation of Kenyans to wildlife, listen to our previous episode, “Kenya’s Wildlife Warriors.” If you like what you hear and want to support more content like this, please consider a National Geographic subscription. Go to natgeo.com/exploremore to subscribe today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The way that these elephants use this landscape is something that has been learned and passed
0:10.9	on from generation to generation.
0:15.6	This is Polakahumbu, National Geographic Explorer, an elephant expert on our new documentary series
0:20.8	Secrets of the Elephants.
0:22.8	Wanted the first elephants?
0:24.0	Bigger out.
0:25.0	How to navigate this incredibly treacherous terrain.
0:28.8	They taught the others and they taught the others and they've continued to use this pathway.
0:35.6	Polakah has followed elephants on these pathways for years now.
0:39.0	In this second episode of our three-part series, she'll share with us what she's learned.
0:44.3	I'm Brian Gutierrez and you're listening to Over Her, a show where we eavesdrop on the
0:48.1	wild conversations we have here at Nat Geo and follow them to the edges of our big,
0:52.6	weird, beautiful world.
0:54.6	This week, Polakahumbu will take us inside the world of elephants.
0:58.3	But generations will continue doing the same things as part of their culture.
1:02.9	That's how they transmit knowledge.
1:04.6	It's what makes them so successful as a species.
1:09.6	But that culture, knowledge and the species itself is in danger of extinction and they'll
1:14.5	need our help to survive.
1:16.4	We'll be right back after the break.
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