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Watch: Wild elephants destroy all banana trees at a farm – except one with nests with tiny sparrows

A report from Tamil Nadu.

Scroll Staff
May 07, 2021 · 05:02 pm
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Elephants destroyed all the banana trees except the one which has nests. Speechless. pic.twitter.com/fniz8PbYBb

— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) May 7, 2021
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