To survive, grasslands must burn
Fire looks
terrible when it burns up a huge section of veld.
Certainly it can kill many small animals.
But without fire, grasslands would disappear.
And without grasslands, most herbivores in Africa would
not survive.
This fire is burning
grassland in Kruger National Park.
Old dead grass that has smothered young shoots is burnt off,
and grazing animals can reach it easily.
Young trees and bushes
are killed by the fire.
This sounds bad, but in fact stops the bush encroaching
on grassland areas.
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