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so they can hear better The elephants ears are equivalent to the radiators in our cars. As the elephant flaps its ears, the blood that is flowing through the vessels in the elephants ears gets cooled. The bigger the ear better the cooling mechanism.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoElephants do not have sweat glands and their ears enable them to release excess body heat. Flapping the ears brings the blood vessels within each ear into contact with the air, cooling the blood before it recirculates through the body. African elephants evolved in a hot climate and have larger ears than Asian elephants that evolved in a cooler climate.
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∙ 15y agoelephants have big heads because they have big memories and large hearts inside their brain brain elephants have big heads because they have big memories and large hearts inside their brain brain
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∙ 13y agoAfrican elephants have big ears, because they can cool themselves down, by waving their ears.
They have big ears for communication
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∙ 14y agoThey have such big ears so they could partly act as a cooling device.
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they need really big heads so they can fit their extremely big brain
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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.
What are 5 good sentences about elephant?
1-An elephant is the largest land animal. 2-African elephants have large ears. 3-Indian elephants have small ears. 4-Female elephants share turns watching over all the baby elephants. 5-Elephants have great memories.
What does the elephants look like?
Unlike Asian Elephants they have tusks and are much bigger.
Why does elephants large ears keep them cool in hot climates?
Their ears cool them because blood circulates through the ears and they flap their ears to create a breeze and the air cools the blood in their ears, thus cooling their bodies as the cooled blood from the ears circulates.
Can elephants ears be used for identification?
Yes. Elephants ears are like our fingerprints each one is different and has a different pattern on it
What is the selection pressure for elephants having large ears?
yes elephants have large ears to cool down.
How do elephants here?
ELephants have great hearing senses. They use it actually with their very large ears and their trunks. The use their large ears for listening. And they use their trunks for warning other elephants of predators or for playing.!~!!~
Are African Bush elephants known for their large ears?
yeah
Do elephants use their ears to clean themselves?
No - but large elephant ears are used to control the elephants body temperature by letting off excess heat
Why is it an advantage for Savannah elephants to have large ears?
it keeps them cool somehow .
What are adaptations for elephants?
their trunk, tusks, flat feet, large ears
What is grey with large ears?
Elephants, Texas jackrabbits, some donkeys.
The African kind has large ears and a flat forehead the Asian kind has small ears and a convex forehead What is it?
elephants
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.
Why do an elephant have big ears?
Not joking - elephants have large, thin ears to cool their blood, thereby cooling their massive bodies. Otherwise, elephants would get too hot, and die.
Can elephants hear properly?
Yes they do their large ears channel sound like a blood hound's ears trap sent.
What are 5 good sentences about elephant?
1-An elephant is the largest land animal. 2-African elephants have large ears. 3-Indian elephants have small ears. 4-Female elephants share turns watching over all the baby elephants. 5-Elephants have great memories.
