calves
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Professor Michael Huffman, a primatologist based in Japan, currently at Nagasaki University, said this particular account was "tantalising", but more evidence would be needed to prove that elephants provided bespoke medical treatment for their calves.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The observation adds to the small number of documented cases involving deceased calves in baleen whales.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Once farmers and ranchers arrived in California, their stock of calves and pigs and crops were a bear buffet, and that got bears killed much more often than any unprovoked attacks on humans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Gropper doesn't set the price for his calves.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
I follow Marlena, watching her sculpted calves as she climbs the stairs.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
