My name is Trent Grasso, and for as long as I can remember, I've been fascinated with elephants, mammoths, mastodons, and their relatives (collectively known as proboscideans). Through this blog, I want to use the sources I've gathered in the Proboscidean Text Database to provide in-depth answers to seemingly simple questions about elephants, taking a look at the history of a given topic and providing layman-friendly explanations of complicated or niche concepts along the way. I hope you'll enjoy learning about elephants by reading this blog as much as I will by writing it. Feel free to email me at tjgrasso940@gmail.com with any questions or comments.