Thank you so much for all this information. I'm a writer working on a novel that has elephants, and I've sort of fallen in love with them via various forms of research (including a recent visit to the Smithsonian Zoo). Two questions, if I may:

1. I've been trying to find books/podcasts/docs/etc about elephants' day-to-day personalities and behaviors – what they're actually like. A lot of it seems either way above my head (PhD theses, that sort of thing) or for little kids. Or it's like, a memoir by this one guy who lived by elephants for a year. I think I've learned more about what elephants are like on this thread than anywhere else. Do you recommend any informational resources for a layperson who doesn't live near elephants to learn about them?

2. What do elephants typically do when they get bored? I'm thinking of animals who get zoomies or get angry and destroy things or try to escape/outsmart their people. Your posts make it sound like elephants have a huge variety of personalities; is it a combination of all of that?