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Joyce Poole, elephant researcher and conservationist, shares her insights and convictions about this large, dignified animal. Closeup photography support her discussion about elephant family units, mating rituals, behaviors, and "vocabulary." Recently lifted bans on elephant ivory means this endangered animal is even more at risk.
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In each episode, viewers are given clues about a hidden animal inside a magic box. Can viewers use all the clues to correctly guess that the mystery animal in this episode is an elephant? Part of the "Zoobabu" series.
Highlights the importance of elephants in Indian culture. Shows how they are trained, how people care for them in captivity, how they are represented in culture, and how human needs are affecting their native habitats. Follows a female mahoot (elephant handler) travelling with elephants on the annual summer migration, a three-hundred-mile journey east across northeast India.
Scientists are conducting the first census of African savanna elephants in over 40 years. They want to determine how many elephants remain and where they are located. Scientists involved in the “Great Elephant Census” project are conducting aerial surveys across millions of square kilometers to obtain accurate elephant census data.
Working in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique, Dr. Joyce Poole and colleagues make a striking observation: many female elephants lack tusks. Elephant tusks are important for obtaining food and water, and essential to male elephants for competing for mates. There is a strong natural selection for having tusks; however, Dr. Poole has discovered the proportion of tuskless elephants has increased in some populations. She explains possible reasons for the increase in the number of elephants lacking tusks.
When Genoveva opens her magic book, the screen is filled with feathers, beaks, horns, legs, wings, and snouts. Genoveva's magic book transports her to various habitats where she learns about the animals that live there. In this episode, Genoveva spends time in the African Savannah. While there she visits with the elephants.
Elephants can communicate over long distances using low-frequency sounds that travel both in the air and through the ground. Scientists are studying whether elephants can hear and interpret these ground vibrations. Using amplifiers, speakers, geophones, and video cameras, scientists have designed an experiment to test how elephant herds respond to an alarm call when it is played back through the ground.
In this episode, host Emily Graslie highlights an exhibit of taxidermied elephants. The exhibit was created by renowned taxidermist Carl Akeley. The elephants are in need of some repair, and the museum is preparing for this undertaking. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.
Students learn about the differences between Asian and African elephants and how elephants make a dramatic impact on their ecosystems. After learning about elephants as "landscape architects," students apply the inquiry process to investigate the different tasks of elephants' trunks. Part of the "You at the Zoo" series.
Focuses on animal life in four extremely inhospitable deserts: the Namib's adaptive elephant, a dromedary roundup in Australia's outback, fish in thermal lakes in Mexico's Chihuahua desert, and the Sahara's Ennedi crocodiles. Survival is an eternal challenge to any life in these places.
In this episode, wildlife expert Jack Hanna highlights some pretty small animals from around the world. His list includes miniature donkeys, pygmy elephants, little penguins, and hummingbirds. Part of the "Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown" series.
In this episode, Dr. Fus from Ohio State University discusses some of his science experiments. He also explains the chemistry behind some chemical reactions. As a finale, Dr. Fus demonstrates his "elephant toothpaste" experiment.
In this behind-the-scenes glimpse into the skeletal collections at The Field Museum, host Emily Graslie examines various elephant skeletons. Bill Stanley, Director of the Gantz Family Collections Center, describes the differences in skull structure between the species. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.
A team of veterinarians travel to Cambodia to support wild animal rescue and emergency care efforts for tigers and elephants. Join the team as they study exotic Asian tigers and provide expertise as an orphaned elephant baby receives a prosthetic leg. Part of "The Wildlife Docs" series.
Across the animal kingdom, some of the most essential lessons-and the most extreme challenges-occur in the first moments of life. From ostrich to orangutan, egg sac to live birth, infanticide to matricide, the diversity of behaviors between parent and progeny is as great as the diversity of life on our planet. Academy Award-winner F. Murray Abraham narrates.
What do chimpanzees, Kodiak bears, and elephants eat? How do they get their food? Three children explore the similarities and differences between themselves and animals and the foods they eat. Shows closeups of animals eating and drinking, but focuses on chimps, bears, and elephants. Covers other characteristics of these three animals in addition to what they eat.
In this episode, Jack counts down the wildest hooves, paws, and claws in the animal kingdom. Some of the highlights include the camel’s heavy-duty hooves, an ostrich’s razor-sharp claws, and an elephant’s soulful soles. Part of the "Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown" series.
The creatures in this episode love the beach. Jack goes on a coastal adventure with African penguins, sea lions, marine iguanas, elephant seals, and sea turtles. Part of the "Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown" series.
From dogs to squirrels to elephants, students are familiar with many different mammals. Students will learn the distinguishing features of mammals. Concepts and terminology include backbone, fur, warm-blooded, milk, and live young.
In each episode, viewers are given clues about a hidden animal inside a magic box. This episode is all about four-legged animals. Animals highlighted include: a deer, a camel, a dog, a horse, a pig, an elephant, a llama, a sheep, a rhinoceros, and a zebra. Part of the "Zoobabu" series.
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