Actually it has more meaning than we thought, elephants pave way into the area, they step on the plants, new plants will grow again, gaur or banteng {Bos Javanicus} will follow the way to eat them.
野象为进入丛林开辟道路,物上走过,这些被物上就有新物长出来。野牛(爪洼牛)跟随其后以之为食。再之后就是那些猎手,如老虎和红毛野狗就会追随随这些野牛。