#elefactfriday

In response to several recent videos of happy elephants with flapping ears, we’ve received a few questions about the particular ear movements that the girls may be showing off. We know that elephants’ large ears help keep them cool (and keep bugs away) but did you know that certain movements…...

In last week’s EleFACT, we shared about the impressive nature of the elephant species’ in their ability to seemingly “know” what plants around the sanctuary or in the wild are poisonous or, even more impressively, how their bodies seem to react to toxins in less harmful ways than other species.…...

Our sanctuary residents are given plenty of time to explore the habitats, which means they often come into contact with native flora and fauna they may have not experienced before. This presents an interesting question for both the elephants at Elephant Sanctuary Brazil and other species in the wild: how…...