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EleFact Friday: Telling Toenails

October 25, 2024

At sanctuary, we periodically work on each individual elephant’s nails, pads, and cuticles to make sure they are healthy. There are times when they might need to be trimmed and otherwise maintained so that we know they are wearing at an appropriate rate and not putting pressure on the bones…...

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EleFact Friday: The Pharyngeal Pouch

October 18, 2024

At mealtime, we often see the elephants scooping trunkfuls of hay or produce and walking away to eat it. Sometimes they’ll end up just stuffing the whole bundle in their mouths. Other times they’ll carry it around for a bit, and then sit it down on the ground to eat…...

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EleFact Friday: Elephant Vocalizations

October 4, 2024

It’s EleFact Friday once again and, this week, we are going to explore some of the noises that elephants make and how they make them. Elephants produce a wide variety of sounds, and each can mean different things to different herd members (or humans in sanctuary). The sound many associate…...

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EleFact Friday: Do Elephants Lie Down?

September 27, 2024

For last week’s EleFact, we talked about the hearts of elephants, and we mentioned that their heart rates actually speed up when they are lying down and resting. We often get asked if the elephants here at sanctuary lie down. There’s a misconception that elephants cannot lie down for long…...

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EleFact Friday: From the Heart

September 20, 2024

For today’s EleFact Friday, we’ll be looking into elephant hearts, their size, and their heart rates. Although elephants’ physical size towers over many other species, the internal organs are proportionally no bigger than those of many other mammals. However, the heart in particular is surprisingly large and can vary in…...

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EleFact Friday: Remarkable Elephant Skin

September 13, 2024

It’s once again EleFact Friday and today we’re focusing on properties of elephant skin. The skin of an elephant can weigh as much as 2000 pounds (over 900 kg) and varies in thickness across their bodies. Some of you may remember that Bambi had terrible skin when she arrived at…...

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