#Elephacts time: Elephants are scared of bees! both Asian AND African, although the African elephants react more strongly. The Elephants and Bees Project uses hives to work as a deterrent, like a fence, keeping our pachyderm pals out of areas where they'd get into trouble.
elephants have a dominant tusk, it tends to be slightly shorter due to getting more use #elephacts
Did you know that "to see the elephant" was American slang in the 1830s? It meant to be experienced, worldly-wise, to have LIVED. #Elephacts
Did you know male elephants go into a phase called must / musth ( from the Urdu / Persian for 'intoxicated'). It's basically Pon Farr for elephants! They secrete temporin from their temporal glands, become aggressive and horny, and there's evidence it happened to mammoths too! #Elephacts
Did you know that there are two separate species of african elephant? there's the savannah, or bush elephant, and the forest elephant. The forest elephants are smaller, and their tusks are straighter, whereas savannah tusks curve outward. that's all for tonight, thank you for your time #Elephacts
Did you know elephants tend to be left- or right-tusked? they'll use that one more often and it tends to be shorter as a result! #Elephacts