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Although possessing a thick hide, the elephant's skin is sensitive to extreme heat, and also subject to attack from ticks and other tiny creatures. The mud helps protect against these threats.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoThey. Want to get cool and protect their skin
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∙ 11y agoThey bath on hot days because hot days are hot....
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∙ 11y agoDirt keeps them cool and keeps the bugs off. When they roll in dirt, the dust comes off their short, bristly fur and next time they throw water over them, they will be completely clean!
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∙ 9y agoThe mud dries and helps to protect the elephant from the sun and biting insects and ticks.
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∙ 12y agoElephants play in mud to keep them cool.
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What are unique about elephants?
Elephants are Not very cool
How birds cool it self?
they cool themselfs by bathing in cool streams
Why Do Elephants heve big ears?
Elephants have big ears to cool them selves down.
Why do elephants use a tree as a shelter?
to keep them cool
Do elephants use their ears to keep cool?
yes they do
What is the selection pressure for elephants having large ears?
yes elephants have large ears to cool down.
How elephants use ears to keep cool?
All they do is justflap them at their body and it creates cool wind
African elephants flap their large ears to cool off which biology theme does this phenomenon represent?
Elephants flapping their ears to cool off would represent an adaptive behavior.
How do elephants stay cool and stay away from flies?
Elephants play and sit in the mud to block the heat,and the flies.
How do showering themselves and wallowing in muddy water in the midday heat help the elephant rhinoceros and hippopotamus stay cool?
by flapping their ears or spraying themselves with water.
Why do African elephants have sutch long ears?
To cool themselves.
Why elephants are awesome?
Elephants are awesome because they just are. They are adorable, big, awesome, and occasionaly fuzzy. Baby elephants are really really cute and adorable. The noise they make is just that cool. That, is why elephants are awesome
