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Elephant turns a hose into sophisticated showering tool

Elephant turns a hose into sophisticated showering tool

Tired Earth November 09, 2024

"I had not thought about hoses as tools much before, but what came out from Lea's work is that elephants....

Elephants use the tips of their trunks to grasp things with great precision – how this can help robotic design

Elephants use the tips of their trunks to grasp things with great precision – how this can help robotic design

Tired Earth September 05, 2024

Electronic engineers who design robots have tried to mimic the flexibility and way in which natural biological tissue can twist....

Similar to humans, elephants also vary what they eat for dinner every night

Similar to humans, elephants also vary what they eat for dinner every night

Hannah Steiner July 05, 2023

These findings may offer valuable insights for conservation biologists.

Psychology of trophy hunting: Why some people kill animals for sport

Psychology of trophy hunting: Why some people kill animals for sport

Liang Lan February 05, 2022

Do you have any desire to stalk and kill an elephant? Probably not, but some relish the idea.

Hundreds of elephants dead in mysterious mass die-off

Hundreds of elephants dead in mysterious mass die-off

Hannah Steiner July 02, 2020

Botswana’s government is yet to test the remains of the dead animals in what has been described as a ‘conservation....

Elephants; Colossal Animals Need to Be Saved

Elephants; Colossal Animals Need to Be Saved

Karabo Meyer April 17, 2019

In just the past 100 years the number of Asian elephants has declined by 90%. In some areas African elephant....