Elephants
An African elephant. (Image credit: Manoj Shah by means of Getty Images)
Elephants are amongst the strangest-looking giants on earth, with enormous floppy ears, fantastic tusks, and a trunk that breathes in water at 330 miles per hour. At Live Science, our specialist authors and editors inform you everything about the elephant household, from why wild African elephants might have domesticated themselves and how some African elephants lost their tusks after widespread poaching, to fact-checking a viral story about “intoxicated” Asian elephants, so there are constantly news, functions and posts about elephants to check out.
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Elephants state ‘hi' to good friends by flapping their ears and making little rumbly sounds
By Meg Duff released 10 May 24
Elephants utilize ear flaps, rumbles, trunk reaches and other kinds of interaction to welcome peers, brand-new research study recommends.
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‘Most of Gorongosa's big animals had actually passed away': How an African paradise for nature recuperated from the devastations of war
By Alexander McNamara released 14 April 24
“Where as soon as there had actually been more than 2 thousand elephants, now there were less than 2 hundred.”
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‘They are effectively knowledgeable about their firm': Elephant calf burial routine found in India
By Hannah Osborne released 5 March 24
Elephant burial routines have actually been found in India, with herd members putting calves upside down in watering pits then covering the bodies with soil.
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See an uncommon pink albino elephant infant playing by a waterhole in lovable video footage
By Elise Poore released 23 February 24
The lovable 1-year-old male calf was shot delighting in playtime in Kruger National Park in South Africa.
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Researchers might have lastly found out how elephants got their amazing trunks
By Jacklin Kwan released 6 December 23
Elephants appear to have actually progressed their long, comprehending trunks as an outcome of environment modification pressures on their forefathers countless years back.
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‘It's truly rather impressive': An interview with elephant specialist Ross MacPhee about the huge pachyderms
By Laura Geggel released 14 November 23
In this interview, elephant professional Ross MacPhee describes how the huge animals' tusks record weekly of their lives and why their noses are so impressive.
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Dwarf elephants and shedding mammoths shine at NYC's ‘Secret World of Elephants'
By Laura Geggel released 14 November 23
A brand-new program on “The Secret World of Elephants” at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City meals on the advancement and amazing lives of these substantial (and often dwarf) pachyderms.
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Elephants offer each other names– the 1st non-human animals to do so, ยป …
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