Some farmers in Kenya are using elephants' natural fear of bees and building "beehive fences" that keep wild elephants from trampling the crops. It keeps the farms safe, and prevents farmers from having to kill elephants to defend their livelihood!
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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Most elephants weigh less than a blue whale's tongue.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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Elephants are among the most emotional creatures in the world - they have even been known to rescue other animals, such as trapped dogs.
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