Animals
Elephants: Mega-Gardeners of the Forest Revealed in New BBC Earth Film
Between three-quarters to 95 percent of tropical forest trees depend on animals to disburse their seeds, which the trees make appealing by wrapping in a tasty little packet called fruit. In the tropical forests of the Congo, the elephant is the largest consumer and distributor of tree seeds, contributing to the remarkable species diversity found there.
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