What is extremely fascinating is that just about every single elephant attack on humans can be linked back to some type of direct injustice to them. The fact that they can remember individuals involved even decades later is absolutely phenomenal. Bella highlighted the sentence and tapped her pen against the article. She stared at the blank Word Document for a moment, placing her pen down so she could position her fingers on the keyboard. Still, nothing came to her. Her mind wandered back to Mexico. The beautiful sunsets over the ocean, the soothing pitter-patter of the rain, the wonderful company. She wondered how Nathan was coping with his shoulder and his lectures at the university. She wondered how was Belie. Eli. The rest of her family. Shaking her head, she tried to refocus. "Alright, come on Bella," she said aloud. She sighed and closed her laptop, grabbing her textbooks and heading into the bedroom. It was nice to have a place of her own, at last. An apartment where she could actually return to each night instead of an RV or intruding in someone else's home. There was a soft smile on her lips as she settled on the bed. Perhaps she could live a normal life, overcome everything she'd experienced. Heal. At the moment, things felt hopeful, and it was thanks to Mexico and to the person who'd suggested the trip. She would be forever grateful. Yet... if she didn't focus on this research paper, she would never pass the class and therefore never earn her degree. "Ok, Elephants," she said rather loudly. Maybe if she read aloud, the info would get into her head better. Elephants are highly endangered in range countries, due almost entirely to human-elephant conflict and poaching. It is a problem that many conservation organizations are trying to tackle simultaneously and from different angles. Could she someday work with these incredible animals? She sure hoped so.
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