Animals Getting Along Spendidly
Category: elephant
Elephant and dog get it on! Ok, not quite.
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In the wild, Andrew feeds on fish, sponges, small crustaceans, nematode worms and protozoans.

Benny's diet is very specialized, consisting mainly of the interior of Ramy nuts, nectar from the Traveller's Palm tree, some fungi and insect grubs. He is also known to raid coconut plantations, and has been seen eating lychees and mangoes, which are also plantation crops.
Category: elephant
Elephant and dog get it on! Ok, not quite.
Posted by Benny Bleiman at 6:44 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Asian elephant
A form of deadly herpes is sweeping through American zoos, killing 1 in 5 Asian elephant calves born in the U.S. since 2000 according to a recent article in the New York Times.
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Category: africa
The ethics of a legal trade in African ivory.
Posted by ableiman at 2:14 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: elephant
When elephants become separated from their group they can use their keen senses of smell and sight to locate their brethren, OR they can use the Earth like a giant telephone and call their herd with rumble vocalizations.
Posted by Benny Bleiman at 2:31 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: elephant
An elephant that has learned to paint realistic pictures of other elephants.
Posted by ableiman at 10:47 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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