A busy corridor for wildlife : Why and when did it excavate trough this clay mound. (Gabon)

(★) 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 (★) 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮çã𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐚 (★) русское описание (★)
A corridor very frequented by wildlife in Gabon: Why and when was it dug through this mound of clay?
In a remote region of Gabon, day and night, in the dry season as in the rainy season, many wild animals (elephants, buffaloes, hippos, civets, leopards, etc.) use this corridor. Some, in the rainy season, take advantage of a pool of water to cool off, to splash or coat themselves with its saving mud (deworming • Blood-sucking Ticks of... )
Around the 1920s, the process of unrolling tree trunks was developed (like a roll of toilet paper that is unrolled). To supply plywood factories in Europe, demand for okoume, whose trunk lends itself well to peeling, exploded. In Gabon, until then, only okoume near rivers had been cut down, then cut into logs on the ground using a master saw operated by two men. Then these were rolled on the ground by force of the man to a nearby river and finally transported (driftwood) in rafts of logs bound together to the sea to be sent by freighter to Europe. To meet this demand, it was necessary to exploit okoumés farther and farther from a river or the sea. For this, we had recourse to “Decauville” railways made up of wagons pulled by a small locomotive on a narrow rail track that can be dismantled into rails 5 meters long and 600 m / m wide with wide metal sleepers to reduce the pressure on often muddy soils.
This passage in a hill, very frequented by animals, would have been dug to limit the inclination of a Decauville track leading to the Atlantic Ocean located 2 kilometers away and used by wagons loaded with okoumé logs from distant forest sites without waterways nearby. We find in the forest in this region remains of rails and even a locomotive! (translation french to english Alexander Stollznow)
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Um corredor muito frequentado pela vida selvagem no Gabão: Porquê e quando foi escavado através deste monte de barro?
Numa região remota do Gabão, muitos animais selvagens (elefantes, búfalos, hipopótamos, leopardos... ) utilizam este corredor e mancham-se com a sua lama salvadora (anti carraças • Blood-sucking Ticks of... ).
Na década de 1920, após o desenvolvimento do processo de descascamento de toras, a demanda por okume explodiu para abastecer as fábricas de compensados. No Gabão, apenas os okoumés ribeirinhos foram cortados, cortados em toros no solo, rolados pela força humana até ao rio e transportados (madeira à deriva) em balsas para o mar para serem enviados por cargueiros para a Europa. Para atender a essa demanda, as okummies tiveram que ser colhidas cada vez mais longe de um rio ou do mar. Para este fim, os carris "DECAUVILLE" foram utilizados com uma pequena locomotiva e vagões puxados por uma via estreita que podia ser desmontada em carris de 5 metros de comprimento e 600 m/m de bitola com travessas largas de metal para reduzir a pressão sobre o solo, muitas vezes lamacento.
Esta passagem por uma colina, que é muito popular entre os animais, foi alegadamente escavada para limitar a inclinação de uma pista de Decauville que leva ao Oceano Atlântico, a 2 quilómetros de distância, e utilizada por vagões carregados com troncos de okoumé de locais de exploração madeireira longe dos cursos de água. Na floresta desta região, há restos de trilhos e até mesmo uma locomotiva!
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Коридор, который очень часто посещают представители дикой природы в Габоне: зачем и когда его выкопали через этот курган глины?
В отдаленном регионе Габона многие дикие животные (слоны, буйволы, бегемоты, леопарды ... ) используют этот коридор и очерняют себя его спасительной грязью (анти-клещи • Blood-sucking Ticks of... ).
В 1920-х годах, после развития процесса зачистки бревен, вырос спрос на окуме для снабжения фанерных фабрик. В Габоне вырубались только окумы на берегах рек, рубились на бревна на земле, катились человеческой силой к реке и перевозились (дрейфовали) в бревенчатых плотах в море для отправки на грузовом судне в Европу. Для удовлетворения этого спроса необходимо было эксплуатировать окумеи все дальше и дальше от реки или моря. Для этого на железных дорогах "DECAUVILLE" использовался небольшой локомотив и вагоны, вытягиваемые на узком пути, которые можно было разобрать на рельсы длиной 5 метров и шириной 600 м/м с широкими металлическими шпалами для снижения давления на часто грязный грунт.
Этот проход через холм, который очень популярен среди животных, якобы был вырыт для ограничения наклона декавильского пути, ведущего в Атлантический океан, в 2 километрах от него, и использовался вагонами, груженными бревнами окуме с лесозаготовительных площадок, расположенных далеко от водных путей. В лесу в этом регионе есть остатки рельсов и даже локомотива!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

(★) 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧ç𝐚𝐢𝐬 (★) Un couloir très fréquenté par la faune sauvage au Gabon : Pourquoi et quand a-t-il été creusé à travers ce monticule d'argile ? Dans une région reculée du Gabon, de jour comme de nuit, à la saison sèche comme à la saison des pluies, de nombreux animaux sauvages (éléphants, buffles, hippopotames, civettes, léopards .. ) empruntent ce couloir. Certains, à la saison des pluies profitent d’une mare d’eau pour s’y rafraichir, pour s’asperger ou s’enduire de sa boue salvatrice (déparasitante kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnfcga1rp9eme8U ) Vers les années 1920, le procédé de déroulage des troncs d’arbre fut mis au point (comme un rouleau de papier hygiénique qu’on déroule). Pour fournir les usines de contreplaqué en Europe, la demande d’okoumé, dont le tronc se prête bien au déroulage, explosa. Au Gabon, jusqu’alors, seuls les okoumés à proximité des rivières étaient abattus, puis découpés au sol en rondins à l’aide d’une scie passe-partout maniée par deux hommes. Ensuite ceux-ci étaient roulés sur le sol à la force de l’homme jusqu’à une rivière à proximité et enfin transportés (bois flottant) en radeaux de rondins liés entre eux jusqu’à la mer pour être envoyés par cargo en Europe. Pour faire face à cette demande, il convenait d’exploiter des okoumés de plus en plus éloignés d’une rivière ou de la mer. Pour cela on eut recours à des chemins de fer « Decauville » constitués de wagonnets tirés par une petite locomotive sur une voie ferrée étroite démontable en rails de 5 mètres de long et de 600 m/m d’écartement avec de larges traverses métalliques pour réduire la pression sur des sols souvent boueux. Ce passage dans une colline, très fréquenté par animaux, aurait été creusé pour limiter l’inclinaison d’une voie Decauville menant à l’océan atlantique situé à 2 kilomètres et empruntée par des wagonnets chargés de rondins d’okoumé provenant de chantiers forestiers éloignés de voies fluviales. On trouve en forêt dans cette région des restes de rails et même une locomotive !

[@av8tore71]

This is awesome, thank you for taking the time to share

[@XHB06400CANNES]

A comment like yours is a great morale booster because this video only has a very small number of views, even though it is one of my favourites. Starting from a passage dug by man and very frequented by wildlife, day and night in the dry and rainy seasons, I wanted to go back in the history of this region marked by the exploitation of wood at a time when there was very little use for machinery. Keep watching the numerous videos that I put online on my channel and read the description attached to each one of them. You will know very interesting informations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle : kzbin.infovideos May I invite you to watch especially my videos which, unfortunately, have a very small number of views and are very informative like: Baby elephant sleeps standing up glued to mom so as not to be left out when the night walk restarts? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIquoY2kiMaYd9U Amazing Antelope - The Water chevrotain dive and swim beneath the water surface kzbin.info/www/bejne/a53YeImtd5loack First mud bath of an cute new born elephant with her mom and aunts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKHNYomcoLN9iZY How do elephants pick mangoes if the branches of the mango trees are too high? kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3LIlWawappnn9U Fresh Water from Creeks triggers the urge to urinate in wild mammals: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ep3YenSvbNBjopo In Gabon front of trap cameras, elephants crossing Ndouni River kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5zQgXWiabODrJo Eaters of waterlilies: Buffalo, Elephant, Sitatunga: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXqraGmjfq6imJY Can an elephant survive without half of its trunk lost in a poacher's wire snare? kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6CcmIqfbdWNp6c Before buying ivory jewellery or carved ivory objects: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJPYhZ1tpbOpfq8 and unfortunately there are many others in this case! Good vision!

[@BFlaherty325]

Fascinating to learn the history and amazing to watch these beautiful creatures in their daily lives. Im glad the animals have re-claimed the land back.

[@tinkmarshino]

wow a civiet aren't those rather rare to see? Thank you Mitchell for sharing your photos.. Out here in the pacific northwest of the Us we used to have chutes lifted off the ground by crossed logs made of planks with water running down them to take logs off a mountain to the rivers to make log rafts to float to the mills.. I remember seeing them as a kid and the log rafts in the rivers with log tenders rafting them down the rivers.. What pleasant memories.. you folks say safe out there.. son't get sick and thanks for sharing your adventures with us..

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Civets are not uncommon, but they are mostly solitary, nocturnal and fearful. With my trap cameras, which are active 24 hours a day, I have been able to take many pictures of these mammals.

[@tinkmarshino]

@@XHB06400CANNES Well I used to be a night animal in my youth also.. ;-) But now I just hang out at the watering hole and chat with the other old creatures there. Than Xavier you and you wife stay safe out there..

[@KeroJahLhion241]

My beautiful country

[@randquadrozzi1280]

Beat the heat and keep the bugs away.them elephants had a lot of fun in the mud puddle.

[@mvm44]

Thank you, very interesting!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

спасибо! Можете ли вы сказать мне, если нет ошибок для исправления в русской части описания. Изображения не могут быть изменены после публикации, но название и описание могут быть изменены в любое время. Спасибо за помощь. На нашем KZbin канале kzbin.infovideos публикуется более 160 видео, снятых нашими камерами-ловушками в габонских джунглях. Большинство из них показывают встречи дикой природы с нашими 6 большими зеркалами. Если вы не понимаете английского языка, чтобы прочитать описание, прилагаемое к каждому из наших видеороликов, вы можете помочь себе с помощью бесплатной программы перевода, такой как www.deepl.com/en/ru/translator или translate.google.com/.

[@mvm44]

@@XHB06400CANNES Russian transcription is not perfect, but understandable.

[@alexanderSydneyOz]

For the english speakers, courtesy of Google Translate A corridor very frequented by wildlife in Gabon: Why and when was it dug through this mound of clay? In a remote region of Gabon, day and night, in the dry season as in the rainy season, many wild animals (elephants, buffaloes, hippos, civets, leopards, etc.) use this corridor. Some, in the rainy season, take advantage of a pool of water to cool off, to splash or coat themselves with its saving mud (deworming kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnfcga1rp9eme8U) Around the 1920s, the process of unrolling tree trunks was developed (like a roll of toilet paper that is unrolled). To supply plywood factories in Europe, demand for okoume, whose trunk lends itself well to peeling, exploded. In Gabon, until then, only okoume near rivers had been cut down, then cut into logs on the ground using a master saw operated by two men. Then these were rolled on the ground by force of the man to a nearby river and finally transported (driftwood) in rafts of logs bound together to the sea to be sent by freighter to Europe. To meet this demand, it was necessary to exploit okoumés farther and farther from a river or the sea. For this, we had recourse to “Decauville” railways made up of wagons pulled by a small locomotive on a narrow rail track that can be dismantled into rails 5 meters long and 600 m / m wide with wide metal sleepers to reduce the pressure on often muddy soils. This passage in a hill, very frequented by animals, would have been dug to limit the inclination of a Decauville track leading to the Atlantic Ocean located 2 kilometers away and used by wagons loaded with okoumé logs from distant forest sites. of waterways. We find in the forest in this region remains of rails and even a locomotive!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

In my description, I replaced the French part by your English translation and quoted your name as translator!. Merci beaucoup !

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Please control this part of your translation: okoumé logs from distant forest _sites. of waterways_ *far from waterways?*

[@nichojuanda93]

Mantap... Salam lestari

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Terus menonton 160 video saya yang lain yang diterbitkan di saluran KZbin saya, banyak di antaranya menunjukkan reaksi hewan di depan cermin saya di hutan kzbin.infovideos

[@nichojuanda93]

Sudah sir, tetap di tonton terus, kapan pergi ke indonesia 😊

[@matthuckabey007]

Why and when did what excavate? English at the end of the video explains.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Description set up in English: A corridor very frequented by wildlife in Gabon: Why and when was it dug through this mound of clay? In a remote region of Gabon, day and night, in the dry season as in the rainy season, many wild animals (elephants, buffaloes, hippos, civets, leopards, etc.) use this corridor. Some, in the rainy season, take advantage of a pool of water to cool off, to splash or coat themselves with its saving mud (deworming kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnfcga1rp9eme8U) Around the 1920s, the process of unrolling tree trunks was developed (like a roll of toilet paper that is unrolled). To supply plywood factories in Europe, demand for okoume, whose trunk lends itself well to peeling, exploded. In Gabon, until then, only okoume near rivers had been cut down, then cut into logs on the ground using a master saw operated by two men. Then these were rolled on the ground by force of the man to a nearby river and finally transported (driftwood) in rafts of logs bound together to the sea to be sent by freighter to Europe. To meet this demand, it was necessary to exploit okoumés farther and farther from a river or the sea. For this, we had recourse to “Decauville” railways made up of wagons pulled by a small locomotive on a narrow rail track that can be dismantled into rails 5 meters long and 600 m / m wide with wide metal sleepers to reduce the pressure on often muddy soils. This passage in a hill, very frequented by animals, would have been dug to limit the inclination of a Decauville track leading to the Atlantic Ocean located 2 kilometers away and used by wagons loaded with okoumé logs from distant forest sites. of waterways. We find in the forest in this region remains of rails and even a locomotive!

[@santiagoalvarez7536]

The only criticism I have it's because of the "Spanish description" that is in Portuguese instead, apart from that, I really like the video and I'm very curious about the fact that animals usually pass through, maybe it can be explained since usually there are water in those digs or craters, and they associated it with multiple services as you've shown

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*_Thank you very much for this constructive criticism. Unfortunately, very few Internet users take the time to do so._* I immediately rectified my mistake. As you could notice by reading the titles of my videos, my attached descriptions and finally the answers to the comments, English is not my native language and my school knowledge is 60 years old, so I use a translation software. Also I make many mistakes. Do not hesitate if you discover any, to let me know. In these excavations or craters there is water and also clay that some animals like elephants swallow to purge themselves. Finally, among my last 10 published videos, this is the one that required the most time for its editing. I was very excited to have been able to combine in this video a part of Gabon's history with a slide show of the variety of its fauna and elephants' self-medication. The result is unfortunately disappointing as it has the lowest number of views for a comparable amount of time online. Perhaps you have another criticism to make?Check out more of my 160 homemade videos from my channel and don't forget to read the description attached to each of them, you will find very interesting information. kzbin.infovideos Good vision!

[@santiagoalvarez7536]

@@XHB06400CANNES at least you're very interested in communicating and sharing that precious knowledge and images (are you a biologist?, I am), I've been checking out your content and you have such unique films and animal behavior captures, I enjoy looking at them and trying to wonder why do they behave like that and doing my own research about it. My only question is if are you aware of the species name shown, and how have you get the common names shown in your videos. Apart from that, I'll turn on my notification bell in order to be aware of your uploads!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@Brett Reynolds Welcome and don't forget to read the attached description after watching one of the 160 videos of my channel: kzbin.infovideos Good vision!

[@TheMcdrewb]

English title no English description....lol

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Because in this video, the English description was wrotten one the images themselves.Check out the other videos on my channel and don't forget to read my description attached to each of my videos kzbin.infovideos Good vision

[@XHB06400CANNES]

English description added.

[@conscript2581]

First Comment

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Please let me know if you have any criticisms about the images, the length of the scenes, the texts and perhaps translation errors in English, which is not my mother tongue. All your remarks or suggestions will be useful to me to improve my work. Please check out my other videos with such artsy behaviour of these chimps in the remote area of Gabon where my mirrors are setted up : kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKrOgKOaiMh0n7c Front of mirror chimpanzee slap dance to scare intruders infiltrated their domain kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5Kyipxtipycqpo dance with intimidation jumps among chimpanzees in front of mirrors set in their jungle (Gabon) kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5K2XqSioNZ2mdU Chimpanzees tap dance of intimidation ?? Danses d’intimidation chez les chimpanzés face aux miroirs kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKjOiaeom62tatU MSR Mirror Self Recognition aggressive behaviors evolves to self directed behaviors kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHTTe5l6iK2habs In a storm, male chimpanzees are frightened by their reflections in a large mirror After each watching, don't forget to read my description with more information attached to each of my 160 videos published on my channel. kzbin.infovideos

[@conscript2581]

@@XHB06400CANNES its all good brother

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Did you watch the video all the way to the end? Did you have enough time to read the long text on the logging of okoumé trees to supply the plywood factories?

[@rainnants]

@@XHB06400CANNES Everything was great. Keep it as is man.

[@conscript2581]

@@XHB06400CANNES yesss