Recently, friend and baobab fan Shona sent through this delightful photo taken near Xigera Reserve, Okavango Delta in April this year. It shows their guide pointing out elephant damage to a baobab tree. It’s old elephant damage and you can see in the picture how the wound has healed over with new bark. It’s quite wonderful how baobabs manage to heal themselves in an almost human way by growing new “skin”….
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