elephants

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The zoo said it wasn’t possible to bring in more elephants, so it made the “difficult decision” to relocate Billy and Tina, according to a statement from last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

The Brazilian Uberabatitan and the Argentine Neuquensaurus were roughly the size of modern elephants.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

"In Wayanad, going into the plantation at night is risky. We have snakes, wild boars, sometimes even leopards and elephants," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Naturalist Stephen Boyes believes massive elephants live undetected on a remote plateau in Angola; they’d be descendants of a giant pachyderm hunted and killed 70 years ago that now resides in the Smithsonian.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

At dawn, I leave a note on my bed for my grandparents and sneak out of the apartment while they're still snoring away like a couple of elephants.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman