Donkeys dig wells that provide support to other animals
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Scripps National
and last updated 2021-05-06 17:58:24-04
Youâve probably heard of goats mowing lawns. Now, a new study is looking at how wild donkeys and horses can help dig water wells.
Researchers spent three years in the Arizona desert, studying how their digging habits impacted the ecosystem.
âThis behavior appears to have this capacity to sustain water availability through the hottest and driest parts of the year and every species is responding to that,â said Erick Lundgren, lead researcher at Aarhus University.
Lundgren says everything from birds to amphibians were seen drinking water from the donkey wells.