Escape from an elephant: Jumbo chases after a car after being startled by passing vehicles in Kenya The elephant towered over the car and appeared poised to trample it before the driver managed to escape Two other vehicles had startled the female elephant by speeding along the road in Amboseli National Park The dramatic images … Read more
Happy the elephant prods the wire fence of her enclosure with her trunk, oblivious to the ‘Wild Asia Monorail’ rumbling past a dozen feet above her, carrying yet another batch of Bronx Zoo visitors. They have less than a minute to gawp at her doing not very much in her fairly bare grassy enclosure of … Read more
Dumbo drivers! Trucker films his mate wearing a fancy dress ELEPHANT HEAD at the wheel as they both drive HGVs on motorway – as police say they face prosecution Lorry drivers lark about on motorway in Cumbria as they film a video for TikTok The clip shows one trucker wearing a fancy dress elephant head while … Read more
An elephant kept alone in a tiny enclosure in a Pakistani zoo will be allowed to leave after a campaign by animal welfare activists helped ensure him better conditions elsewhere. Dubbed the ‘world’s loneliest elephant’ by his supporters, Kaavan has languished at a zoo in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad for more than 35 years. … Read more
The Somali elephant shrew, known for its curiously long snout, has been found in the African wild for the first time in more than 50 years. Having been considered ‘lost to science’ since 1968, the tiny mammal has been discovered in the rocky landscape of the Horn of Africa. Following sightings by locals in the … Read more
Jumbo effort! Mother elephant gives her calf a helpful shove as it struggles to climb over roadside barrier Footage shows elephants climbing over barrier in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India Two of the elephants make it over the barrier but the youngest struggles The mother uses her trunk to help hoist the youngest over the concrete … Read more
Elephant suffers a painful death when it is electrocuted by a fence as it searched for food near Thai mango farm Locals discovered the elephant slumped on the ground in southern Thailand Park rangers examined the animal and found burn marks on its trunk Owners of a nearby mango farm could face charges over their … Read more
Climbing trunks: Hungry elephant stands up on its hind legs to reach a jackfruit at the top of a 25ft tree in southern India The elephant climbed the tree in Silent Valley National Park in Palakkad, Kerala It was filmed using its trunk to reach up and grab the fruit by forest watchers Indian elephants … Read more
An almost complete 300,000-year-old elephant skeleton with eight-foot tusks has been recovered from a former mine in Germany. The Eurasian straight-tusked elephant, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, died by the shores of an ancient lake before its corpse was scavenged by carnivores. Human ancestors are thought to have eaten from the carcass, as 30 small flint flakes and … Read more
Merry the elephant! Eating fermented fruit gets elephants DRUNK – but tiny shrews and koalas can hold their alcohol, study finds Canadian scientists discovered elephant’s lack genetic mutation called A294 V This is present in humans and other species and allows for processing of alcohol Ends a long-standing debate as to whether elephants get drunk on … Read more