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Ecosystem Connections: Bai
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In the bai, so many species depend on each other for survival.
Western lowland gorillas live in the forest. They feed on tender shoots of plants found in small clearings.
The BaAka use trees for food, medicine, and materials, like weaving leaves into baskets.
The BaAka hunt a variety of animals, including small mammals like the dwarf antelope.
Forest elephants find water and wallow in the mineral-rich mud of the water pool.
Butterflies come to the water pool to drink their mineral-rich water.
The dung beetle eats the droppings of larger animals like the forest elephant.
The mabuya eats invertebrates and insects, like butterflies.
The speckle-lipped mabuya lives on tree trunks and logs.
The dwarf antelope eats the leaves of plants that grow around the edge of the forest.
The speckle-lipped mabuya eats insects and other invertebrates like the dung beetle.
Image Credits:
Illustrations by AMNH/Laura Friedman