Elephants shape their environment in many ways. They can change a forest to a grassy field or dig a hole that might become a pond. They clear large amounts of vegetation, which removes habitats for some organisms but makes the area inviting for other organisms. Which best describes possible interactions of elephants with the surrounding ecosystem?
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The elephants work to pull down trees and break up the thorny bushes, as a consequence, they develop grasslands and salt licks in order to help other animals to thrive comfortably in their environment.
At the time of drought, they create water holes by digging in the dry river bed, thus providing water to self as well as other animals in the ecosystem. They act like keystone species, by playing an essential function in sustaining the biodiversity of the ecosystems in which they thrive.
However, in the process, they can exert harm to certain elite flora species by removing trees and trampling certain plant species. Thus, it can be said that the elephants exhibit both the positive and negative associations with the surrounding ecosystem.
The kinds of interactions that the elephants have with their environment can be seen to be having both positive and negative outcomes.
Their actions always can either bring out positive impacts like helping to create ponds, or they can help to create spaces for the habitats of many new and different kinds of organisms.
On the other hand, they can also create a lot of destruction around them.