Jösé ART ♛flipped into News "The World"Cher Cher — yes, Cher — helps rescue an elephant from captivity in Pakistan verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Charles McDermid and Bopha PhornShe is the 74-year-old, ever-glamorous “Goddess of Pop.” He spent 27 years in chains, once killed a zookeeper and has been called the loneliest elephant in the world. The unlikely pair are due to meet...
Mehran Aziziflipped into Anything, Everything,Mammals This palm-sized elephant relative was just sighted for the first time in 50 years Live Science - Yasemin Saplakoglu It's related to an elephant, has a long nose, a fur tuft on its tail and big, spectacled eyes. A teensy animal, with a long nose, a fur tuft on its …
fifereflipped into All AnimalElephants Ringling’s retired circus elephants to move to conservation center verified_publisherNational Geographic - Oliver WhangThe Asian elephants, which have been at the center of a long debate over performing animals, will get a 2,500-acre, state-of-the-art habitat. The retired elephants of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey...
angela Lancasterflipped into Love AnimalsEMC Why are elephants dying? The race to solve the mystery of mass die-offs verified_publisherThe Guardian - Phoebe WestonHundreds of animals perished in Botswana and new deaths are reported in Zimbabwe – now scientists are trying to find the cause Earlier this year, more than 350 elephants mysteriously died in the Okavango...
jrpeganflipped into The World At LargeScience 365 Elephants Died in Botswana. The Cause Is a Mystery verified_publisherThe New York Times - Rachel NuwerOn May 25, conservationists were flying over Botswana’s Okavango Panhandle when they counted something disturbing: 169 dead elephants. A second flight in June revealed more carcasses, bringing the total...
Gizmodoflipped into Earther + HealthBotswana Hundreds of Elephants Have Mysteriously Died in Botswana Gizmodo - George Dvorsky Over 350 elephants have died in Botswana since March, sparking a government probe to investigate the mysterious deaths. Warning: This post contains …
MsCuttsScienceflipped into Animal PhylaElephants 350 elephants killed by 'a combination of neurotoxins' in water, Botswana government says Live Science - Brandon Specktor Seventy percent of the elephants dropped dead near watering holes tainted with toxic blue-green algae. Scientists in Botswana may finally know why …
A.W.'s Curious Wordsflipped into It's Their WorldBronx Zoo Happy the Elephant to stay at Bronx Zoo; appellate judges uphold lower court ruling that she’s not a human being nydailynews.com - Molly Crane-Newman Happy the Elephant can’t be sprung from the Bronx Zoo like a captive prisoner — because she’s not a human being, appellate judges agreed Thursday. The …
Popular Scienceflipped into ScienceElephants More than 350 elephants died in Botswana, and we may finally know why verified_publisherPopular Science - Kat EschnerExperts will need to do more testing to be sure. Months after more than 300 elephants were found dead in northwestern Botswana, the nation has announced that it has found the cause of their deaths—toxins...
Fox Newsflipped into Top StoriesElephants Elephant goes viral after pictures show it using its trunk as a snorkel verified_publisherFox News - Chris CiacciaAn Asian elephant has gone viral after pictures of it using its trunk as a snorkel popped up. Colonel, one of seven Asian elephants at the Forth Worth Zoo in Texas, was spotted using its trunk to refresh...
TPFflipped into 🦓 AMAZING CREATURES 🦔 BIG & SMALL, WILD & DOMESTICATED.🦒News Botswana investigates 'mysterious deaths' of 275 elephants Associated PressGABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Botswana says it is investigating a staggeringly high number of elephant carcasses — 275 — found in the popular Okavango Delta area of the southern African nation in recent weeks....
Stephflipped into SAVE EARTHElephants What the sudden elephant deaths in Botswana could mean to the species verified_publisherDW News - Charli Shield Hundreds of sudden elephant deaths in Botswana aren't just a loss for the ecosystem and global conservation efforts. Their departures will likely be …
aperçu énergieflipped into Environment Elephants Botswana: Bacteria in water behind mass elephant deaths verified_publisherDW News - DW English Upwards of 300 elephants died in the Southern African country this year, baffling and alarming conservationists. After months of research, government …
New York Postflipped into NewsAnimals Meet the toxic African rat that figured out how to kill an elephant New York Post - By Melanie Gray This is no pizza rat that grabs the goods and runs. The African crested rat has a personality so toxic that it chews on a poisonous tree, flings the …
The New York Timesflipped into Most EmailedZoology The African Crested Rat Covers Itself With Poison That Can Take Out an Elephant verified_publisherThe New York Times - Katherine J. WuFor a rodent that resembles the love child of a skunk and a steel wool brush, the African crested rat carries itself with a surprising amount of swagger. The rats “very much have the personality of something...
The Guardianflipped into Top StoriesElephants Elephant trapped in Indian well rescued in 12-hour crane operation verified_publisherThe Guardian - ReutersForest officials in India’s southern Tamil Nadu state said they used a crane to pull an elephant from a well after working for more than 12 hours to rescue the animal. The elephant, which strayed into...
P Dimmickflipped into WillElephants Elephants spotted 'wrestling' each other verified_publisherFox News - Chris CiacciaTwo elephant siblings have gone viral after they were spotted "wrestling" each other at a Czech zoo. The pictures were taken at the Prague Zoo by Czech national Lucie Štěpničková on Aug. 27, British news...
BBC Newsflipped into WorldElephants Elephant shrew rediscovered in Africa after 50 years bbc.co.uk - By Helen BriggsA little-known mammal related to an elephant but as small as a mouse has been rediscovered in Africa after 50 years of obscurity. The last scientific record of the "lost species" of elephant shrew was...
Business Insiderflipped into Top StoriesElephants Researchers figured out why hundreds of elephants dropped dead in Botswana this year: Their water was poisoned by algae verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Aylin WoodwardSince May, hundreds of elephants near Botswana's Okavango Delta have died suddenly and inexplicably. "Conservationists on the ground have reported horrific scenes of dying elephants walking around in and...
My Modern Metflipped into My Modern MetAfrica Researchers Rediscover Elephant Shrew in Africa After 50 Years verified_publisherMy Modern Met - Madeleine MuzdakisResearchers have “rediscovered” an elusive species of elephant shrew (or sengi) in Djibouti. Last documented in 1968, researchers presumed that the Somali sengi was a “lost species.” However, local communities...
AvatarLouise Sharmanflipped into Archaeology/Paleo n Evol.Optical Illusions 12th century optical illusion of elephant or bull | Boing Boing boingboing.net - Andrea James Airavatesvara Temple in Tamil Nadu has a small sculpture with a cool optical illusion where two animals appear to share a head. Do you see the …
NBC Newsflipped into Top StoriesOpinion & Analysis Happy the elephant isn't happy. But does she need to be granted human rights to fix that? NBC News - Adam LarsonA legal case is asking the courts to grant limited legal personhood to one elephant. But there might be a better way to change her life. Lawyers are usually accompanied by their clients when appearing...
BBC Newsflipped into WorldElephants Botswana: Mystery elephant deaths caused by cyanobacteria bbc.co.uk - BBC NewsToxins made by microscopic algae in water caused the previously unexplained deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana, wildlife officials say. Botswana is home to a third of Africa's declining elephant...
The Guardianflipped into Top StoriesDjibouti Tiny elephant shrew species, missing for 50 years, rediscovered verified_publisherThe Guardian - Damian Carrington Environment editorThe speedy Somali sengi had been lost to science until an expedition to Djibouti A mouse-sized elephant shrew that had been lost to science for 50 years has been discovered alive and well in the Horn Africa....
