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Dida, one of Africa's largest elephants dies in Tsavo

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Dida the elephant. (Courtesy/KWS)

One of Kenya's, and perhaps Africa's, largest and oldest elephant Dida has been found dead within Tsavo National Park. A tweet from Kenya Wildlife Service says Dida died of old age. She was estimated to be between 60 and 65 years old.

"Tsavo has suffered the loss of a best-loved matriarch and the greatest repository of many decades worth of knowledge," read the tweet. "Dida the matriarch died naturally of old age."

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