elephant
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He subsequently accepted an offer from Great Moscow Circus director Edgard Zapashny to join the team as an elephant trainer.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
But after sharing his photographs with an elephant research project working in the area, he learned that this wasn't certain.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
"Finance is always a bit the elephant in the room. Not in the sense there's no money around, but where the money is actually going."
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
These animals can be dangerous, same as a grizzly bear or elephant, but people tend to value sharks a lot less.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Gentoo penguins and elephant seals ogled them as they began clambering over boulders along the shore.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
He has used giraffes, hippos, rhinos, camels and zebras, and now has both bisons and elephants at the Great Moscow Circus, which opened during the Soviet era.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Working alongside Zapashny -- a big-cat trainer and fourth-generation member of the Zapashny circus dynasty -- Deforge is also planning to present a brand-new show featuring seven elephants to the public "soon".
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
While tracking elephants in Namibia's Huab River Valley, Veronesi spotted an unusual trail of drag marks across the sand of a dry riverbed.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
One elephant was left with Olivia-Grace, and the family kept the other elephant, because "elephants never forget".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“I love elephants. Don’t you love elephants, Anna?”
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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