elephant behavior

EleFact Friday: The African Elephant Diet

December 16, 2022

Earlier this week, we 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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Guillermina Stripping Bark From a Tree

December 13, 2022

Once again, we caught Guillermina on our observation camera having a ball in the rain. In this instance, she’s actually stripping bark from one of the trees and eating it – something we don’t recall seeing another captive Asian elephant do. That’s much more akin to African elephant behavior. ...

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Guillermina is Settling In With the Other Girls

November 23, 2022

More and more, Guillermina is spending consistent time around Maia, Bambi, Mara, and Rana as a group. In particular, she and Maia share a great deal of one-on-one time, as the two of them seem to have worked out the dynamic between them; Guille knows what kinds of interactions that…...

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What It Takes to Gain an Elephant’s Trust

November 2, 2022

We have been interviewing for new caregivers at the sanctuary recently, and one of the candidates asked an interesting question that gave us a chance to reflect. She wanted to know if the elephants here at the sanctuary have a high level of trust toward Scott and Kat because the…...

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Guillermina is Finding Balance

October 31, 2022

Guillermina is going through the natural process of finding out what life will be like without her mother. At the moment that means lots of explorations – both of the space around her and of her relationships with the others. She may be searching for a deeper connection with herself…...

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EleFact Friday: Desert Elephants

October 28, 2022

Many of our EleFACT Fridays have been dedicated to discussing the differences between Asian and African elephants, so many of you know by now that African elephants often live in grassland and forest environments. But did you know that there are also populations of African elephants that live in the…...

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