The umbrella-like thorny Acacia tree is home, larder, food, shade and hunting-ground for a wealth of African creatures. The long struggle from seedling to thorn bush and to full maturity over more than a century is a story of striving for space, of coping with threats of drought and fire, and how the interaction of the thorn tree with animals like the elephant, the giraffe and even a tiny beetle is reshaping the African bush.
Film cameramen
HUGH MAYNARD , STEPHEN BOLWELL
Narrated and produced by BARRY PAINE
BBC Bristol.