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You've read the eBook Elephants Under Pressure and you've watched Assignment America.
 * 1) Which gave you more detailed and fact-based information about elephants and elephant society? Justify your answer with examples. Elephants Under Pressure did because it had more detail and was longer and told more about elephants.
 * 2) Which was the most successful in helping you to understand animal relationships? Justify your answer with examples. Assignment America was more useful because it told a story of a dog and elephant being good friends and the relationship they had with each other.

Watch the movie How Wolves Change Rivers.
 * 1) Write a summary of the scientific facts as presented in the video. Wolves eat animals they actually help because they decrease population and without them the deer population will increase.
 * 2) Discuss how the photography and sound tract help to support the scientific information and help to develop a deeper understanding of factors that influence the ecology of the area. They see how they live and decrease the population from other animals.
 * 3) Who created this video? What is the producer's academic background for work? What is the source of the information? Sustainable Man companyhttp://www.popsci.com/article/science/have-wolves-really-saved-yellowstone

Read Has the Reintroduction of Wolves Really Saved Yellowstone.
 * 1) Write a summary of the scientific facts as presented in the article.
 * 2) Compare and contrast the facts presented in the article with the facts presented in the video.
 * 3) Who wrote this article? What is the writer's academic background for work? What is the source of the information? Emily Gertz she is a scientist in the beginning of the article.

Write a prediction:
 * 1) How might controlling the migration of elephants impact the environment? Justify your answer.

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