8-Oct-2025
Early #humans butchered #elephants using small tools and made big tools from their bones
Multiple sites in central Italy show consistent strategy during warm parts of the #MiddlePleistocene
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1100481
See also my feature on the long suffering of elephants:
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-long-history-of-elephants-suffering.html
#science #anthropology #palaeoanthropology #ecology #hunting #megafauna
This plaque has been around for a while, but I passed it a few times while training for last weekend's Great Scottish Run, and it always makes me smile when I do, so I thought I'd post it again. It's on a wall beside the Maryhill Locks in Glasgow.
#glasgow #humour #plaque #glaikit #elephants #maryhill #maryhilllocks
Scientists develop vaccine to protect young elephants from potentially lethal herpesvirus http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNY4qF #Elephants #Conservation #WildlifeProtection #Vaccines #Herpesvirus
Sheldrick Wildlife Trust #Elephants #Wildlife #Nature
You don't get much braver than a mama plover protecting her eggs.
#animals #birds #elephants #Nature #WildLife #Kenya #Bravery #Plover #mamaPlover #motherhood #HeartBreaking
2-Oct-2025
Do #elephants know when we're looking at them?
Studying how Asia's largest land animals recognize human visual #attention
@akshunnofficial shared the text and video below.
Elephant Mom Performs ‘Nazar Utarna’ [ritual] for Baby; Heartwarming Act...
.
elephant mother love...
.
#elephants #animals
The Empathy Of Elephants 🐘
In our never-ending age of entertainment & chaos, we can often feel isolated, dealing with our issues—even national ones.
What I enjoy most about this video by We Love Animals is that when one herd was unable to resolve the life-and-death issue of the little elephant, another herd came to the rescue.
The herd was surrounded by a pride of lions looking for an easy snack. Sadly the elephant mother (who refused to give up on her child) was driven away from her baby by her own herd due to the desperation of dehydration.
However, another herd (which probably heard the mother’s cries) was nearby, and the matriarch came to the rescue of the baby elephant despite the latter not being part of her herd.
Moral of the Story
As people, we need to do what we can to help each other, but doing so starts with empathy. We live in desperate times, when resources are becoming scarce & the cost of living is increasing.
Simply fighting amongst ourselves & leaving the weak to perish alone by forcing away help may appear efficient (from a survival of the fittest mindset), but it is ultimately cruel.
During these difficult times, we need to help each other. If that assistance is beyond the ability of our current neighbors, factions, region, etcetera, then we need to accept help from others outside of our community in order to survive.
Discovered via: Mix
stranded in the mud
looking for a better world
an elephant waits
We have an elephant sanctuary here. They are so magnificent and deserving of rescue!
#MastoPrompt - better
#dailyhakuprompt - strand
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/colorful-elephant-art-on-white-sharon-cummings.html
#fediart #mastoart #art #handmade #handmadeart #elephant #elephants #africa #african #animal #animals #artwork #colorful #homedecor #poetry #poet #poets #poem #poems #animalwelfare #animalrescue #climate #climatechange #global #animal #nature #naturelover #naturelovers
The Elephants Trunk Nebula - IC 1396
-------------------------------------------------------------
I have added new full RGB data to improve my SHO data from last year.
For comparison of the two color palettes I have decided to show both versions here, because they are so very different!
Do you prefer SHO or RGB of this region?
Full details on AstroBin: https://app.astrobin.com/i/3ordqq
#astrophotography #astronomy #space #photography #astrodon #elephants
Elysian Fields – 15-09-25
Website link: https://corneakkers.com/elysian-fields-15-09-25/
Print: https://corneakkers.com/print-elysian-fields-15-09-25/
Printable: https://corneakkers.com/.../printable-elysian-fields-15.../
Graphite pencil drawing on Talens Bristol paper (21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm - A4 format)
Artist: Corné Akkers
#ubbergen #beek #gelderland #impressionism #landscapeart #cubism #elephants #graphitedrawing #graphite #pencildrawing #wallart #posterdesign
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🔉🦎 Human ears pick up #sounds between 20 and 20,000 Hertz, but #animals communicate constantly in frequencies we can't detect. Tiger roars travel over 3 km through dense #rainforest using frequencies as low as 18 Hertz.
This Mission Unstoppable #video demonstrates infrasonic #communication in #elephants and #whales, ultrasonic echolocation in #dolphins and #bats, and the surprising discovery that praying mantises have a single ear evolved to detect predator sonar.
My Paradise: Family fun in northern Thailand
ENP elephant playing in the sand. (Photo by Erin Henderson) Five days in northern Thailand over Thanksgiving…
#Japan #JP #Okinawa #chiangmai #chouifongteaplantation #Elephants #enp #enpelephant #monk #news #NorthernThailand #okinawanews #Thailand #volunteer #WatChediLuang #wathuayplakanggoddessofmercychiangrai #watphrathatdoisuthep #watsaengkaeophothiyan #watsrisuphan #沖縄
https://www.alojapan.com/1377696/my-paradise-family-fun-in-northern-thailand-2/
https://www.alojapan.com/1377696/my-paradise-family-fun-in-northern-thailand-2/ My Paradise: Family fun in northern Thailand #ChiangMai #ChouiFongTeaPlantation #Elephants #enp #EnpElephant #monk #news #NorthernThailand #Okinawa #OkinawaNews #Thailand #volunteer #WatChediLuang #WatHuayPlaKangGoddessOfMercyChiangRai #WatPhraThatDoiSuthep #WatSaengKaeoPhothiyan #WatSriSuphan #沖縄 ENP elephant playing in the sand. (Photo by Erin Henderson) Five days in northern Thailand over Thanksgiving was the perfect amount of time to expe
https://www.alojapan.com/1377614/my-paradise-family-fun-in-northern-thailand/ My Paradise: Family fun in northern Thailand #ChiangMai #ChouiFongTeaPlantation #Elephants #enp #EnpElephant #JapanTrips #monk #NorthernThailand #Thailand #trips #volunteer #WatChediLuang #WatHuayPlaKangGoddessOfMercyChiangRai #WatPhraThatDoiSuthep #WatSaengKaeoPhothiyan #WatSriSuphan ENP elephant playing in the sand. (Photo by Erin Henderson) Five days in northern Thailand over Thanksgiving was the perfect amount of time to experience many o
🔉🦎 Human ears pick up #sounds between 20 and 20,000 Hertz, but #animals communicate constantly in frequencies we can't detect. Tiger roars travel over 3 km through dense #rainforest using frequencies as low as 18 Hertz.
This Mission Unstoppable #video demonstrates infrasonic #communication in #elephants and #whales, ultrasonic echolocation in #dolphins and #bats, and the surprising discovery that praying mantises have a single ear evolved to detect predator sonar.
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/what-animals-make-sounds-humans-cant-hear?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=animal_communication
#tigers #science #nature #tksst #wildlife
