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- In 2020, 35 elephants dropped dead in Zimbabwe over a month timespan.
- There were no signs of external trauma or intentional poisoning.
- Now, scientists said they believe they have the answer.
It took a team of scientists nearly three years to figure out what caused a mass die-off of elephants in Zimbabwe, but they finally closed the case.
Between August and September 2020, 35 elephant carcasses were retrieved from various safaris and protected lands in Zimbabwe — with eleven of these animals dying within a 24-hour period.