The National Elephant Center of two females and two males arrived from Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park. Completion of the initial plan is likely to take up to 10 years. The National Elephant Center is located on in Fellsmere, Florida. The Elephant Center will feature on-site housing for staff and two barns for Asian and African elephants, each capable of supporting nine animals. The design calls for barns to be connected by a central hub, surrounded by a habitat that can be subdivided depending on the needs of the elephants. The largest area of the Elephant Center is the Central Elephant Meander, a area
Elephant in the room Elephant in the room "Elephant in the room" is an English-language metaphorical idiom for an obvious problem or risk that no one wants to discuss. It is based on the idea/thought that something as conspicuous as an elephant can appear to be overlooked in codified social interactions, and that the sociology/psychology of repression also operates on the macro scale. In 1814, Ivan Andreevich Krylov (1769–1844), poet and fabulist, wrote a fable entitled "The Inquisitive Man" which tells of a man who goes to a museum and notices all sorts of tiny things, but fails to notice an elephant. The phrase