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Rana is Getting Fuzzy

September 5, 2020 Kat Blais

Rana is getting hairy! She is 62, which means she has already outlived most captive elephants in the Americas. And now her body is doing some new senior things. Rana…

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Taking Turns In the Pond

September 2, 2020 Kat Blais

When Maia, Rana, and Mara are sharing space, there are many days when it feels like they spend the entire day taking turns in the pond. Our team will check…

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Word of the Day: Heterothermy

August 29, 2020 Kat Blais

Toward the end of last week, we had a cold snap. It doesn’t get cold here frequently – and just to be clear, when we say cold, we mean 60*F…

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She Has a Full Schedule. Of Naps. ?

August 27, 2020 Kat Blais

Maia continues to be very busy with her full schedule of naps. The other day at dinner, Shirlei remarked how all the elephants were sleepy except for Maia. When…

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Her Own Little Party of One

August 25, 2020 Kat Blais

Early one recent morning, Lady was in the back of Yard 4 and heading towards the creek as Kat and Scott headed to the barn. They assumed that she was…

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