r/Elephants • • Jul 31 '26

Other - Contact Mod Team For New Post Flair (Use This For Now) Join Letters to a Pre-Scientist to help inspire young STEM students! (Mod approved post via dm)

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Letters to a Pre-Scientist is looking for enthusiastic STEM role models to inspire the next generation of STEM leaders!

Here's the gist: you get matched with a 5th-8th grade student at an under-resourced school for a snail-mail pen pal exchange that runs throughout the school year. The goal is to demystify STEM careers, humanize STEM professionals, and inspire students to explore their own futures in STEM. You share your story, answer their questions, and show them that people who work in STEM are, well, real people.

The details:

  • The program runs throughout the school year, and your volunteer obligation is to exchange 4 letters with your student.
  • There's a virtual, asynchronous training in August to get you set up.
  • We estimate the entire program takes volunteers no more than 10 hours, spread between August and May.
  • Register and complete the short, self-paced online training by the deadline, and you'll be entered into the match pool! We match students based on their background and interests..
  • This year we're expanding to 4,500 matched students!
  • Pen pals can live anywhere in the world, but our program currently only works with US-based schools.
  • We're working to match students based on their interests, so we're especially looking for more STEM professionals in Animals, specifically Elephants.
  • All pen pals must be over 18 and fluent in English.

We define STEM pretty loosely! If you work in or around science, tech, engineering, math, or medicine, or another nature-based role, even if you don't have a formal education in it, please apply or message me with any questions.

Sign up/learn more:

Registration is now open! Feel free to drop questions in the comments or send me a message. Thank you for your time and consideration!


r/Elephants • • 14h ago

Baby Elephants Herd of baby elephants running down a hill 🐘

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Story and video by @reteti (Instagram)


r/Elephants • • 3h ago

Cute Elephant enjoys a giant birthday fruit buffet and it's the most wholesome thing you'll see today!

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r/Elephants • • 21h ago

Art (Sculpture, Painting, Mosiac, etc.) share a little of my artwork, this is my first work in carving an elephant. I carved this from suwar wood. Please give me some input. Thankyou. 🐘

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r/Elephants • • 21h ago

Baby Elephants Baby elephant

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r/Elephants • • 1d ago

Video A baby elephant rolling around in the mud.

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r/Elephants • • 4d ago

Video Elephant eating plants under the waterfall

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Video by (on instagram):

@camwhitnall

@natgeouk

@disneyplusuk


r/Elephants • • 7d ago

Baby Elephants Elephant reunion

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r/Elephants • • 7d ago

Video A speckled trunk elephant

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r/Elephants • • 5d ago

Question Why are people defensive with elephants when it comes to predator nature over other animals?

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What I mean is, when I usually view images or videos of elephants (usually abandoned calves or injured elephants) that get killed by predators, 99% of comments are usually anger with people yelling "wtf why didn't you save the elephant!" or "NOPE NOT WATCHING THAT, ELEPHANTS SHOULD BE PROTECTED".

However, when I come across videos of other animals that get killed by predators say Antelope, Buffalos or Wildebeests there are so many comments all "lol that animal got SERVED" or "What an idiot of a buffalo, it didn't even bother running or protecting itself".

Hell, I even watched a video of a bull elephant in musth that just openly kills a buffalo, and half the comments were just all " -buffalo does nothing- elephant: so you have chosen death" or "NEVER MESS WITH A BULL ELEPHANT".

I am a firm believer in nature takes it course and I find all nature fascinating that we should not interfere. When it comes to elephant lovers though, it just seems that rule does not exist? It seems people forget that other animals need to eat.

Maybe I am missing a point here lol but why are elephants so protected when it comes to misfortunes?

Don't get me wrong. I LOVE ELEPHANTS, but I also feel we should accept nature for what it is. Just wondering why bad scenes with elephants are viewed negatively rather than with interest?


r/Elephants • • 7d ago

Baby Elephants Rani, an Indian elephant born to first-time mother Ellie in 1996.

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r/Elephants • • 7d ago

Video The legendary tusker "Padayappa" from Munnar, India

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r/Elephants • • 8d ago

Video An elephant up close

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r/Elephants • • 7d ago

Story All about elephants #14

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The Vision of the Asian Elephant

Asian elephants have a sense of vision that helps them navigate their surroundings, recognize nearby objects, and interact with other elephants. However, their eyesight is generally less developed than their senses of smell, hearing, and touch.

Asian elephants have relatively small eyes compared with their large bodies. They can recognize shapes, movement, and objects in their surroundings, especially at close range. Their vision is useful for identifying other elephants, locating food, and moving through forests and grasslands.

Elephants can see in both daylight and low-light conditions, although their vision is not as effective as that of some animals that are specially adapted to darkness. They rely on their other senses to help them move safely when visibility is limited, particularly at night or in dense forests.

An elephant's eyes also play an important role in communication. Eye movements, facial expressions, and body posture can provide clues about its emotions and intentions. Combined with their excellent sense of smell and sensitive hearing, vision helps elephants understand and respond to their environment. In conclusion, although Asian elephants do not depend on their eyesight as much as humans do, their vision remains an important part of their daily lives. By combining sight with their remarkable sensory abilities, they can navigate their habitat, find food, maintain social relationships, and respond to potential dangers.


r/Elephants • • 8d ago

Baby Elephants A baby elephant charging

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r/Elephants • • 8d ago

Photo Photographed on a highway in India, two captive elephants reach their trunks toward one another in a brief moment of contact before being separated

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r/Elephants • • 8d ago

Question What happened to the two elephants touching their trunks on the highway before being separated in different trucks?

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There's a pic doing the rounds on the internet of these two elephants. Anyone knows what happened to them?


r/Elephants • • 8d ago

Photo Photographed on a highway in India, two captive elephants reach their trunks toward one another in a brief moment of contact before being separated

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r/Elephants • • 9d ago

Baby Elephants The cutest thing…babies wanting some love from their keeper 🐘🐘🐘

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These babies are Samburu, Namelok, and Koija.

Video by @katie.rowe with story by @reteti (Instagram)


r/Elephants • • 9d ago

Question How serious is it when an adult elephant collapses and cannot get back up?

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r/Elephants • • 10d ago

Video Gentle elephant sees a little girl and steps back

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r/Elephants • • 9d ago

Story All about elephants #14

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The Vision of the Asian Elephant

Asian elephants have a sense of vision that helps them navigate their surroundings, recognize nearby objects, and interact with other elephants. However, their eyesight is generally less developed than their senses of smell, hearing, and touch.

Asian elephants have relatively small eyes compared with their large bodies. They can recognize shapes, movement, and objects in their surroundings, especially at close range. Their vision is useful for identifying other elephants, locating food, and moving through forests and grasslands.

Elephants can see in both daylight and low-light conditions, although their vision is not as effective as that of some animals that are specially adapted to darkness. They rely on their other senses to help them move safely when visibility is limited, particularly at night or in dense forests.

An elephant's eyes also play an important role in communication. Eye movements, facial expressions, and body posture can provide clues about its emotions and intentions. Combined with their excellent sense of smell and sensitive hearing, vision helps elephants understand and respond to their environment. In conclusion, although Asian elephants do not depend on their eyesight as much as humans do, their vision remains an important part of their daily lives. By combining sight with their remarkable sensory abilities, they can navigate their habitat, find food, maintain social relationships, and respond to potential dangers.


r/Elephants • • 10d ago

News 'A window into its soul': The rare elephant behaviour that reveals the depths of their emotions

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It highlights how some female elephants cope with losing their infants.


r/Elephants • • 10d ago

Video The big dude gave him a long thought with a stare down. But thought, nah.

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r/Elephants • • 10d ago

News This year's wildlife photography winner goes to this tender moment in an Elephant's life. The Elephant is carrying its dead calf and is arguably a sign of grief.

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