True Facts: Elephants

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“Apparently that’s what you do with a PhD, catfish an elephant”. That is hysterical. I hope the scientists who did that study see the video.

“If the elephant lives long enough, it will die.” This is the kind of hard hitting scientific knowledge I stick around for 😊

I just can't get over how touching it is to hear all those elephants excited about a birth of a baby elephant! How they rush over and trumpet in joy! It just makes me love elephants so much more!

“They can lift up to 700 pounds! Which is the equivalent of 700 one pound weights” I’m a total infant, but that one killed me! 😂

“Elephants have big brains. Look at that one; it’s dead.” So blunt and so damn funny, Ze Thank you

“The smattering follicular landscape of a testicle” is without a doubt the most artful way I’ve ever heard something compared to a ballsack.

I never realized how terrifying looking an out-of- context elephant trunk was. Thanks, Ze Frank!!!

9:50 I had to look this up. Turns out this elephant's name is Koshik. He learned to make sounds from at least 5 Korean words that he hears most often from his keepers. First time an animal has been recorded replicating human speech by putting its body parts in its mouth.

"If it lives long enough, it will die" Biology never ceases to amaze me.

Elephants are so lovely. They celebrate birth as a group and grieve as a community. And their babies need time "to elephant." So sweet. I adore them. 🐘

Its so adorable the way the mother gets excited after it got a whiff of its daughters dookie it hadnt seen in 12 years. Still remembers the scent. As a dad, i couldnt wait to forget the scent of my kids dookie. Changing diapers and gagging... Now if my son stinks up the bathroom, i dont get a bunch of fond memories. I just get air freshener.

The first time I saw one of his videos, my 7 & 8 year old grandkids were here & I thought that it would be a teaching moment so I called them to me. We got all settled with me in the middle & I hit play so we all could learn together. Well, 😳 it didn’t take but a very few words for me to blush & suddenly "remember" there was something important I had forgotten to do & needed their help with, lol. I shared the video with my son & daughter-in-law & we all got a big laugh & thankfully the kids never asked about the video either. That taught me my lesson to not disregard what might be pertinent information given at the beginning of a video. I still watch each episode for the education I get & the belly laughs😂 ✌️☮️

My favorite thing about Elephants, is how mentally similar they are to humans. Great memories, tight family units, empathy, self awareness, mourning the dead, they're just so much like us.

0:35 As a former Kansan, I can confirm Kansas is exactly like a mucus-filled placental sac inside the uterus of an elephant.

I love Ze Franks scientific terms like "grabby grabby" Always fun!

Mom passed away this morning and decided to watch this today, seeing as she loved watching these videos with me.

Watching a baby elephant figure out how to use their trunk is utterly adorable.

Fun fact; the moment an elephant is born is the highest off the ground it will ever be naturally for the rest of its life.

Elephants are amazing. Got to touch them in Thailand (we made sure that they were not chained and kept against their will), and it was one of the most special moments of my life. Their skin looks so rugged, but it is actually really soft, and their eyes are the most knowing and sentient ones I have ever seen in an animal. Absolutely amazing