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EleFact Friday: Awareness and Recognition

January 31, 2025

Happy EleFact Friday. We all know by now that elephants are emotional beings, highly intelligent and in tune with their feelings. We can add to this list of amazing mental and emotional capabilities the ability to be self-aware. ...

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EleFact Friday: Coexistence, Honey

January 24, 2025

Happy EleFact Friday. There have been several studies in the news lately about how bees can be used to aid in elephant and human interactions in the wild. Is it true that something as simple as a honey bee can scare an animal as large as an elephant? Today we’ll…...

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EleFact Friday: Can You Hear the Rain?

January 17, 2025

Happy EleFACT Friday. We’ve mentioned in the past that elephants seem to love the rain, getting extra active when it starts to storm. But do they know when rain is coming?...

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EleFact Friday: Tipsy Elephants?

January 3, 2025

It’s EleFact Friday again and this time we’re addressing a rumor that we’ve heard many times about elephants in the wild. There is a common thought that fruit that gets left to decompose can often become fermented, and today we wanted to look into this further to see if it’s…...

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EleFact Friday: African Elephants and Their Diets

December 27, 2024

In the past, we have shared a video of Guillermina stripping bark from a tree and explained that this is typically a behavior shown by African elephants. For today’s EleFACT, we’ll satisfy the curiosities of our supporters and look further into this behavior....

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EleFact Friday: More African Elephant Facts

December 20, 2024

Happy EleFACT Friday! We’ve explored the differences between Asian and African elephants before, but today we’ll be diving in a little deeper on what makes African elephants so unique. ...

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