A temple in Kerala, India, will use a lifesize elephant robot for rituals that traditionally involve the real deal. Elephants are one of the planet's most revered animals. But that does not mean ...

It flaps its ears and squirts water from a waving trunk, but this elephant is a life-size mechanical replica rolled out to replace the endangered animals in India's Hindu temples. Made of fibreglass ...

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Workers push a finished model of a robotic elephant outside a workshop in Thrissur, in India's Kerala state - Copyright JIJI Press/AFP/File STR Workers push a ...