Today I want to share about our experience with wild Elephants and why elephant conservation projects are necessary. Wild elephants are the absolute kings and queens of the jungle. But a unique type. One that lives in harmony with it’s ecosystem. They carry a set of helpers around (for mutual advantages like a crumb of…
You might wonder, if you can make paper out of their poop, what do elephants eat? In the wild they eat pretty much every single leaf, twig, branch, bark, tree, bush, grass, plant within trunk reach. After all, they need on average anything between 100 and 300 kilograms of food a day depending on their…
This article is for all the women out there who ever wished men had periods. Well, here’s one male species that kind of has it: elephants when they are in musth! This world has become a little fairer, hasn’t it? Bulls (male elephants) get this periodic condition called musth. In this phase their testosterone level…
Here’s another thing that surprised us when starting to work with elephants. Chains. Why are elephants still in chains? We get asked this a lot. Over and over again. And we get it. It’s an elephant sanctuary, why would you chain elephants?! Let’s get to the bottom of this! First off. When we say “chains”,…
The arrival in Sri Lanka was a shock on many levels. The unexpected heat in a month like February, especially after having left the frozen swamp we came from (a.k.a. the Netherlands in February LOL). The jungle. The chaos in the cities. The endless wobbly trips on Sri Lankan dirt roads you need to swallow…
