A white elephant gift exchange is one of the few gift-giving events where the rules are minimal and your choices are only limited by price (which is perhaps the golden rule: Do not go over budget).

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Nothing is more festive than a white elephant gift exchange. A celebration of chaos involving unique gifts that range from practical to absurd, it’s a spirited event with one key rule ...

Promise. IMO, few things are as fun as shopping for an anonymous group gift exchange. Funny white elephant gifts allow you to get as quirky, unhinged, and weird as possible—but to be fair ...

As an unexpected bonus, researchers say they also have evidence that a fellow elephant knows how to turn the water off, perhaps as a kind of "prank." "Elephants are amazing with hoses," says ...

A subadult male elephant seal can be seen near sea lions. Subadult elephant seals and sea lions frequently intermingle at rookeries along Península Valdés in Argentina. Close contact between pinniped ...

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Learn more If you're looking for a fun way to ring in the holiday season with friends and family, you can't go wrong with a white elephant party. For those not familiar, a white elephant is a gift ...

As an unexpected bonus, researchers say they also have evidence that a fellow elephant knows how to turn the water off, perhaps as a kind of 'prank.' Tool use isn't unique to humans. Chimpanzees ...

Elephant conservation has been a roaring success: numbers in Tsavo rose from around 6,000 in the mid-1990s to almost 15,000 elephants in 2021, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).