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- 1From giraffes to pandas: the long history of animal diplomacy●From giraffes to pandas: The millennia-long history of animal diplomacy
An explainer traces animal diplomacy from ancient times to today, noting how rulers exchanged giraffes, elephants and other exotic creatures as symbols of alliance, with China's panda loans the best-known modern example. The piece shows how gifting rare animals has long served as soft power, and why states still use wildlife to build goodwill in international relations.
- 2Funny 3D Animal Slide Game Wins Big Audience●Long Slide Game With Cow Elephant Gorilla Hippopotamus Tiger 3d Animal Game Funny 3d Animals
A 3D animated video showing a cow, elephant, gorilla, hippopotamus and tiger taking turns on a long slide has drawn close to 780,000 likes. The clip, styled as a funny animal game for children, uses colourful cartoon animation and has been circulating widely among family and kids' content viewers.
- 3Elephants mine Kitum Cave for minerals with their tusks●🐘 ICYMI: In the pitch-black chambers of # MountElgon 's # Kitum Cave, African # savannah # elephants use their tusks to
African savannah elephants venture into the pitch-black chambers of Kitum Cave on Mount Elgon, where they use their tusks to scrape volcanic rock rich in sodium, calcium and magnesium. Generations of herds have hollowed out these deep mineral chambers and passed down this unusual mining behaviour. The remarkable example of animal learning and adaptation is being widely shared among science enthusiasts.