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Female Asian elephant Guillermina stands facing left while standing on a dirt pathway between green spaces. There is a tree growing in the photo's center and a ray of sunlight streaming down just to the left of it.

EleFact Friday: A Migration Situation

December 12, 2025

Happy EleFact Friday. As seasons change, elephants in the wild often make their way across varying habitats and environments in search of better resources such as water or food. Today, we want to examine some of these migratory patterns. ...

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Female Asian elephant Mara stands looking at the camera with her muddy trunk swinging to the left side. Behind her is yellow flowers on a hill

EleFact Friday: Human and Elephant Feet

December 5, 2025

For this week’s EleFact, we want to share a little more detail on a topic we often talk about: elephant feet. More specifically, we are looking at what the feet of an elephant have in common with our own human feet. For years, researchers have compared the morphology of feet…...

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Left profile of female Asian elephant Maia that shows her pink spotted ear and nose

EleFact Friday: White Elephant Offerings

November 28, 2025

Now that the Thanksgiving holiday has passed, many people are turning their attention to seasonal gift giving. Today’s EleFACT Friday is about a fun holiday tradition with an interesting origin. Many of you may be familiar with the holiday party game where silly, unique gifts get passed around with an…...

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Female Asian elephant Mara stands looking straight at the camera with her ears halfway out. She stands in front of a green pasture with some small trees in the background.

EleFact Friday: Weather Awareness

November 21, 2025

We’ve mentioned recently how much everyone at the sanctuary is celebrating the rainy season. The weather is changing, the seasons are shifting, and it seems that all are enjoying the transition. Obviously the elephants can tell when the rain begins, but are they able to sense the change before the…...

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Female Asian elephants Rana and Mara stand up against a three-rail steel fence. On the other side, their caregiver Mateus hands Mara a piece of watermelon

Sunday Smile: Rana and Mara Greet Mateus

November 16, 2025

We wrote recently about how caregivers spend their days and, as I’m sure you read, they don’t have as much elephant time as many people might assume. Unless the elephants are getting treatments or meals, we try to give them the time and space they need to simply be elephants.…...

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Female Asian elephant Bambi leans into female Asian elephant Maia. There is a cloudless blue sky and green grass behind them.

EleFact Friday: Thoughts on Emotions

November 14, 2025

We’ve spent quite a bit of time lately talking about the emotional abilities of elephants, especially as they navigate grief. Elephants are highly emotionally intelligent animals, as we all know and have seen firsthand through the experiences we share with the ladies of Elephant Sanctuary Brazil. For today’s EleFact, we’ll…...

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