I wondered whether elephants might actually be beneficial to acacias, by maybe spreading seeds or something (I&#x27;m not very familiar with the plant).<p>On the contrary, it seems elephants&#x27; relationship with the acacia is sort of mixed:  <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.primitivism.com&#x2F;elephant-acacia.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.primitivism.com&#x2F;elephant-acacia.htm</a><p>I love how interesting things like this lead me to discover even more interesting tidbits.  Praise be the Internet.