# The Elephant Ethogram

**URL:** <http://discourse.iapct.org/t/the-elephant-ethogram/16284>\
**Category:** Ethological phenomena\
**Created:** [November 5, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/the-elephant-ethogram/16284 "2026-11-05T22:46:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![JohnGraham](http://discourse.iapct.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/76d3ee/32.png) [@JohnGraham](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/JohnGraham)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/the-elephant-ethogram/16284/1 "2026-11-05T22:46:14Z")

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Rick’s mention in his conference talk of wanting to build a “database of controlled variables” reminded me of the Elephant Ethogram - it’s not from a PCT perspective, but I wonder whether this kind of resource might be of interest or use - at least for generating hypotheses!

> **[Explore The Elephant Ethogram](https://www.elephantvoices.org/explore-the-elephant-ethogram)**
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> Explore the Elephant Ethogram, the world's largest video & audio library of elephant behavior, with hundreds of searchable behaviors, sounds, videos & scientific descriptions.

> An ethogram is a comprehensive list, inventory, catalogue or description of the behaviors or actions exhibited by a species. It is a library, or master list, of all known behaviors for a species that describes the characteristics and, where possible, the function of each behavior. The word ethogram comes from the words “etho,” meaning the characteristic and distinguishing attitudes, habits, beliefs, etc. of an individual or group, and “gram,” meaning to write down or record.