Fearful Elephants Would Sooner Starve Than Cross Roads

Fearful Elephants Would Sooner Starve Than Cross Roads: "New research by the Wildlife Conservation Society and Save the Elephants has found that African Elephants are quickly becoming trapped by new road construction cutting through their forest habitats.

The study, which appeared in today’s issue of Public Library of Science, says the elephants have adopted a “siege mentality” and literally cannot bring themselves to cross roadways, even in search of food."