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The series was announced by the BBC on 8 July 2011 with the working title Survival, [3] later changed to Life Story.As with other BBC Natural History Unit productions, Life Story was a co-production between BBC Television, Discovery Channel, France Télévisions and Open University, who each contributed to the documentary's funding, and is the first Natural History Unit series to film using ...
Modoc tells the true story of Bram Gunterstein (the German son of a third-generation circus animal trainer) and his pet elephant, Modoc, both born on the same day in 1896. [1] In the novelization, Bram’s father has long wished for a boy and a girl, and quickly feels that his dream has just been fulfilled.
The Secret Life of Elephants is a BBC nature documentary series following the lives of elephants and the work of the conservation charity Save the Elephants in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya. It was first transmitted in the United Kingdom on BBC One in January 2009 to 4.2 million viewers.
The Asian elephants featured in the video above live at the Elephant Nature Park in Thailand, a sanctuary and rescue center dedicated to caring for rescued elephants. Due to their dense forest ...
The Elephant Whisperer is a true reflection of his ability to be at one with the pachyderms. —Ralph Helfer, author of Modoc. A lovingly written tale of close encounters, some beautiful, some frightening, with humans and non humans alike. Anthony’s story of his trials and tribulations in preserving a herd of African elephants is a parable.
The older the elephant, the more time she’s had to experience life, meet others, and build up a memory bank of faces and places. Because matriarchs lead the herd, her memory is incredibly ...
The population of rainforest elephants was lower than anticipated, at around 214,000 individuals. Between 1977 and 1989, elephant populations declined by 74% in East Africa. After 1987, losses in elephant numbers hastened, and savannah populations from Cameroon to Somalia experienced a decline of 80%. African forest elephants had a total loss ...
Battle elephants were trained to walk in formation in regiments hundreds or thousands of elephants strong. This would have been a terrifying sight to the enemy, and a morale booster to one’s own ...