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Donkeys dig wells that provide support to other animals By: Scripps National and last updated 2021-05-06 18:54:56-04 You’ve 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. “This 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,” said Erick Lundgren, lead researcher at Aarh...

Donkeys dig wells that provide support to other animals By: Scripps National and last updated 2021-05-06 17:58:24-04 You’ve 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. “This 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,” said Erick Lundgren, lead researcher at Aarh...

Feral horses, donkeys dig desert holes to hydrate biodiversity Nathan Howes Wednesday, May 5th 2021, 10:06 pm - The wild donkeys and horses, hazards to local biodiversity, can actually boost desert ecosystems by digging equid wells and providing much-needed water. When it comes to finding water and staying hydrated in desert environments, animals will take all the help they can get. This includes from other wildlife, even ones that pose threats to natural ecosystems. Researchers have found that feral donkeys and horses have been digging equid wells in search of water, not only for themselves...

Feral horses, donkeys dig desert holes to hydrate biodiversity When it comes to finding water and staying hydrated in desert environments, animals will take all the help they can get. This includes from other wildlife, even ones that pose threats to natural ecosystems. Researchers have found that feral donkeys and horses have been digging equid wells in search of water, not only for themselves, but for other species, too. The findings of the study were recently published in The study found that equid-dug wells increased water availability and were used by more than 57 other species, includin...

How donkeys digging wells help life thrive in the desert Updated: Updated: May 05, 2021 17:31 IST They found that wells dug by the "equids" to depths of up to six feet increased water availability for many native desert species Share Article AAA This undated image courtesy of Biologist Erick Lundgren shows a mule deer doe and fawn using a donkey well.   | Photo Credit: AFP They found that wells dug by the "equids" to depths of up to six feet increased water availability for many native desert species For thousands of years, horses and donkeys have been some of our species' most important p...