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An Eland skeleton found in the Merrueshi plains
The local people believed that the Eland died from drought, as the skeleton is not disturbed.  The bones would have been scattered around, if the animal were attacked by a hyena or by a lion. The Maasai people witnessed hundreds of animals that perish every year as a result of water shortage at crowded waterholes in the Merrueshi plains.