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EleFact Friday: Whisker Mysteries

June 16, 2023

News came out this week about a fascinating study in the elephant world: a team of zoologists have dedicated their time to learning more about the whiskers on an elephant’s trunk. For today’s EleFACT, we’ll take a look at what they found....

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EleFact Friday: Digestion Situation

June 9, 2023

With their incredible size, elephants need an incredible digestive system to keep up with the amount of food it takes to keep them going. For today’s EleFACT Friday, we’ll be talking about elephant stomachs....

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EleFact Friday: Ancient Elephant Relatives

June 2, 2023

Happy EleFACT Friday! We’re going to take a look back in history today as we examine some recent elephant news that has been circulating. Last week, news broke of paleontologists from the Florida Museum of Natural History uncovering a graveyard of gomphotheres, which are extinct relatives of elephants dating back…...

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EleFact Friday: More Weather Info

May 26, 2023

The dry season has arrived at the sanctuary and temperatures are fluctuating, which some of you may also be experiencing at home. For today’s EleFACT, we want to talk a bit more about what happens to elephants in the wild as seasons change. ...

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EleFact Friday: Weather or Not…

May 19, 2023

It’s heating up at sanctuary as the dry season creeps in and some of you at home may be experiencing some warmer temperatures as well. For today’s EleFACT, we want to take a look at how abnormally warm temperatures can affect elephants around the world. ...

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EleFact Friday: More on Teeth

May 5, 2023

Earlier this week, we shared a video of Guillermina getting a dental exam that showed a pretty decent look at her teeth (and her tongue). We received quite a few questions about elephant teeth since then, and we have shared about teeth before in previous EleFACTS, but today we wanted…...

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