Les éléphants d’Asie enterrent leurs petits et les pleurent, révèle une étude.
Des scientifiques indiens décrivent de véritables rites funéraires semblables à ceux des humains, expliquant que seuls les petits peuvent être transportés jusqu’au lieu d’inhumation
The 'world's largest private zoo' in Jamnagar, Gujarat, the venue of Reliance scion Anant Ambani’s pre-wedding celebrations, has come up under the shadow of a series of legal challenges, with allegations of illegal transfer of elephants from different parts of India, as well as scrutiny of India’s wildlife authorities.
#AnimalRights groups welcomed the High Court suspension of all licences, so young #AsianElephants can no longer be captured & taken into captivity.
Only about 200 of elephants remain in Bangladesh, with about half of those living in captivity. Poaching & habitat loss caused marked decreases in their numbers.
#Elephants are typically gray, but this small calf, which belongs to the genus #Loxodonta, has pink skin & fair hair, as a result of an inherited condition called #albinism — a genetic disorder that stops the production of a molecule called #melanin that is responsible for pigment in the eyes, hair & skin.
A mahout and his elephant worship at the Gangaramaya Buddhist temple ahead of the temple's annual Nawam Perahera or street parade where dozens of gaily decorated elephants are escorted by hundreds of traditional drummers and dancers during the parade, in Colombo, Sri Lanka February 23. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
#WatercolorWednesday:
Laurent de Brunhoff (American, b. France, b. 1925)
“The Gold Medal” and “Stirring the Chocolate” from Babar Learns to Cook, 1989
Watercolor on paper
now on display at “Childhood Favorites: 100 Years of Children’s Book Illustration” exhibition at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts #elephants
Three blind men touch an elephant in three different places, such as a leg, trunk, or tusk. Each therefore reaches a very different conclusion (e.g., it's a tree) as to what the phenomenon is.
Interpretation: We cannot very well see things or people as a whole. Even the perspectives in #academia come from different disciplines. Different people looking at a multifaceted individual can each draw a very different image of the person.
Three animals cross a river, and each reaches the other shore. The rabbit swims along the surface, the horse occasionally hits bottom, but the elephant touches bottom all the way.
Interpretation: This is a parable of enlightenment or individual differences in wisdom. People can only understand things to their own depth. They might therefore avoid a person who is too heavy like the elephant. Just sayin"!
Elephant mothers carry their babies for nearly two years before giving birth. Then they ensure their babies get the best food, teach their children the most useful skills and show their children how to lead the herd during hard times.
Elephants learn how to pick the best plants for eating, how to defend against predators and how to navigate steep embankments — all from their mothers.
Amboseli National Park is a national park in Kenya that spreads across the Kenya-Tanzania border. It is one of the best place in the world to get close to free-ranging elephants.
The park also has views of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world.
The big sleep ... this little elephant calf was separated from its herd in a wildlife park in Tamil Nadu, south India, but was subsequently reunited with them by park officials. Here we see the calf, aged about four months, napping with its mother three days later.
African elephant populations stabilise in southern heartlands (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
African elephant populations have stabilised in their southern heartlands after huge losses over the last century.