elephant
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A wrinkled Northern elephant seal named Violet slid out of a crate and onto San Pedro’s Cabrillo Beach on a muggy morning in late August.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
An elephant seal cries out at the sight of a photographer 2.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
There’s an elephant sanctuary and a temple that bills itself as the world’s largest all-wood structure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Four people have been arrested in Kenya as part of an investigation into a spate of mysterious elephant deaths over the past two months, officials have said.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
“This is my dad. He was killed by an elephant when I was thirteen. He was quite a guy too.”
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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“It just incenses me because when the elephants are fighting, it’s the grass that always suffers,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Reports at the time said he was helped by villagers and tribals who eulogised him as "a modern-day Tarzan who plays with elephants and rides tigers".
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
In a separate order, the top court on Tuesday ordered tighter welfare safeguards for India's more than 2,600 captive elephants, including ensuring medical records for each animal and regular health checks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
"Maternal age effects are incredibly common, from invertebrates up through humans, elephants, other primates and other mammals," said Kristin Gribble, an associate scientist in the Bay Paul Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
See everything in the landscape except the three waltzing elephants.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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East Asia - Middle School
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