Awesome Elephants

Nature can be weird, wonderful, and at times, gross. Ze Frank teaches us much more about elephants than the “has big ears and a trunk, likes peanuts, hates mice” education we had before. Along the way, you’ll learn why their skin looks so scaly, how they communicate with their feet, and how many pounds they can lift with their trunks.

Mongkol the elephant has had a rough life. His 61 years included a brutal captivity hauling trees in Thailand. But he’s since been rescued by Elephants World, and gets to live out his days enjoying visitors like musician Paul Barton, who performed this heartfelt concert for an audience of one.

Meet Faa Mai, a young Asian elephant who lives with his herd at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Watch him play with a long plastic strap like a happy puppy. A 1-ton puppy.

On their trip to Lampang, Thailand, YouTuber Zac Guénette and his friends encountered a sleeping dog who was being trolled – gently – by a baby elephant. Zac even joined in the efforts to wake the lazy bones up. Let sleeping dogs lie.