Episode #3 - Elephants - 18th August 2008 (encyclopod-080818.mp3 – 1:18:19) Episode bits: 0:00:18 - This is Encyclopod week 3 0:03:29 - What did we already know? 0:05:45 - The basics of elephants: size, weight, lifespan etc. 0:07:54 - Different elephant types: African Bush, African Forest, and Asian 0:11:04 - Elephant anatomy: tusks, trunks, ears and all that 0:22:22 - Behaviour, social structure, migration, sex, and babies 0:31:27 - Intelligence, painting and experiments 0:46:01 - Musth and miscellany 0:49:15 - Evolution and related species 0:56:03 - Uses for elephants 1:03:18 - Famous elephants 1:06:39 - Ivory, conflict and conservation 1:15:15 - Final impressions Links and sources: Wikipedia - Elephant YouTube - Mythbusters: Elephant vs Mouse; Elephant Polo in Thailand; Electrocuting an Elephant; Elephant Painting Snopes - Elephants Fear Mice; Elephant Painting BBC Science and Nature: Elephant Diaries BBC News - Bees to make elephants 'buzz off'; Call for ban on trade of ivory Elephant Encyclopedia - Trunk Elephant Information Repository - Dentition WWF-UK: Elephants World Elephant Polo Association Evidence for mammoths on Wrangel Island Elephant Celebrities: the most famous elephants in the world Hannibal Mastodons Mammoths, Mastodons and Elephants Bee Buzz Scares off African Elephants Widespread Elephant Slaughter Discovered In Chad MediaStorm: Ivory Wars Indian Elephant Hutchinson Encyclopedia: Elephant Save The Elephants The Mark Steel Lectures: Hannibal Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Guide: Elephant (ISBN 0-7513-6005-8) Dorling Kindersley: Animal (ISBN 0-7513-3427-8) website copyright Alex Perry and some other dudes |
