Baobab trees may be a proxy for measuring long-term use of land by humans. They live long, have economic benefits, and are ...

Why Elephants Eat the Baobab Tree. Clip: Episode 4 | 2m 38s Video has Closed Captions | CC. The baobab stores thousands of gallons of water in its spongy wood. The elephant has a special ...

The baobab tree is an integral part of the African landscape. ... * The trunk can store thousands of litres of water and elephants have been known to tear them apart to get to the moist wood.

Calling something the “tree of life” may conjure up a lush arboreal species with mouth-watering fruit.. Yet on the African continent, this moniker is reserved for the baobab tree. Upon first ...

Learning more about the ‘tree of life,’ the baobab Many of us first learned of this tree when reading “The Little Prince,” that classic children’s book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.