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The elephants viewed by tourists from the swimming pool of the Elephant Bay Hotel are part of the largest captive herd in the world, brought to the river twice daily from the nearby Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. For $16 tourists can visit the elephant orphanage, and pay an extra fee to “wash” and pose next to an elephant in the river.
From NPR's Goats & Soda:

ElevenLabs launches Eleven Music, letting individuals and businesses use its AI model to generate music cleared for commercial use via English-language prompts (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/voice-startup…

ElevenLabs launches Eleven Music, letting individuals and businesses use its AI model to generate music cleared for commercial use via English-language prompts (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/voice-startup…

Do elephants make deliberate gestures to ask for things? Our study says yes
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-elephants-deliberate-gestures.html

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SYML:
🎵 Where's My Love
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https://syml.bandcamp.com/album/wheres-my-love-slowed-and-sped-up
https://open.spotify.com/track/0ElpbbncWT9aS7mgoqEHbQ

Nun zur Elefantenmetapher.

"Bangladesh plans new reserve for trapped elephants"
#Bangladesh #Elephants #Animals

Bangladesh plans new reserve for trapped elephants
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Bangladesh is preparing to add to its tally of 56 protected areas by declaring a new sanctuary in its northeast — not for forests or tigers, but for a group of elephants trapped by geopolitics, reports Mongabay’s Abu […]

🐘 Inspired by elephant ears, new wall design could help buildings stay cool and cut energy use
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Inspired by elephant ears, new wall design could help buildings stay cool and cut energy use
Drawing inspiration from the venous ears of jackrabbits and elephants, Drexel University researchers have come up with a new approach to passive heating and cooling that could one day make buildings more energy efficient. Their concept, recently published in the Journal of Building Engineering, embeds a vascular network within cement-based building materials that, when filled with paraffin-based material, can help passively regulate the surface temperature of walls, floors and ceilings.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
The Elvin Bishop Group:
🎵 So Fine
#TheElvinBishopGroup
https://open.spotify.com/track/2FQy1bi8IOjQkq0oWrvkTP