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Dia Mirza, Shruti Haasan celebrate World Elephant Day 2021
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 12 (ANI): On the occasion of World Elephant Day on Thursday, actors Dia Mirza and Shruti Haasan, who are quite vocal about environmental causes, requested everyone to help protect elephants for maintaining the biodiversity of rainforests.
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Need to identify areas with human-elephant conflict, work on policy to dec
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav on Thursday called for identifying the areas where human-elephant conflict exists and work on a policy to decrease it.
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Scientists recognise giraffes as highly socially complex species
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Bristol [UK], August 10 (ANI): A new study by scientists at the University of Bristol has discovered evidence that giraffes are as socially complex as elephants.
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Kunal Kapoor shares his horse riding experience during 'The Empire' shoot
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 9 (ANI): Ahead of the release of 'The Empire' show, actor Kunal Kapoor opened up about shooting sequences that involved elephants and horses.
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Odisha: Elephants from Jharkhand's forest range damage houses in Mayurbhan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], August 8 (ANI): Due to disturbance posed by environmental degradation, several elephants from Jharkhand's forest range damaged houses in Mayurbhanj.
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Kerala: COVID-19 dampens 'Karkidakam' spirit, elephant owners, mahouts str
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Alappuzha (Kerala) [India], July 18 (ANI): The month of 'Karikadakam', as per the Malayalam calendar, has been considered as an ideal time for wellness treatment of elephants but with temple rituals getting cancelled due to COVID-19, the elephant owners and mahouts are now finding it diff
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'Aanayoottu', festival of feeding elephants begins at Vadakkunnathan Templ
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Thrissur (Kerala) [India], July 17 (ANI): A total of 15 elephants participated in 'Aanayoottu ' the ritualistic feeding ceremony of elephants at the Vadakkunnathan temple on Saturday in Kerala's Thrissur. The ceremony, marks the start of a month of wellness treatment for elephants.
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Study finds evidence of talent in dogs
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 11 (ANI): Even though it's not known whether other species like bees or elephants possess any talents, but a new study has found evidence of talent in dogs.
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Not only humans, dogs got talent too!
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 7 (ANI): Is talent in a given field a uniquely human phenomenon? We do not know whether gifted bees or elephants exist, just to name a few species, but now there is evidence that talent in a specific field exists, in at least one non-human species: the dog.
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Elephant herd strays into village area in Andhra's Chittoor
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 23 (ANI): A herd of 26 elephants on Wednesday strayed into a village in Andhra Pradesh's Palamaner Municipality in Chittoor, forest officials said.
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Here's how an elephant's trunk manipulates air to eat, drink
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 11 (ANI): New research by the Georgia Institute of Technology finds that elephants dilate their nostrils in order to create more space in their trunks, allowing them to store up to nine litres of water. They can also suck up three litres per second a speed 50 times fast
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28 elephants undergo COVID-19 test in TN's Mudumalai reserve
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 9 (ANI): Amid Covid-19 fear in animals, a total of 28 elephants underwent the COVID-19 test on Tuesday at Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Chennai.
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