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Elephants
The largest land mammal on earth, elephants are divided into African Elephants and Asian Elephants. African Elephants have tusks and larger ears than Asian Elephants, and questions about all elephants should be asked in this category.
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What did the 'White Elephant stall' originate from?
A White Elephant is an object that has high maintenance costs and no practical use. The phrase comes from East Asian Burmese culture. White Elephants were highly regarded and expensive to keep. If the local King was dissatisfied with one of his subjects he would give him a white elephant. The recipient could not give away a gift from the King and would be financially ruined with the upkeep of the animal.
Why does Alabama mascot an elephant?
The origin of the mascot dates back to 1930. On October 8, a sportswriter wrote about the previous weekend's Alabama-Ole Miss football game. The writer, using the flair for the dramatic common in sportswriting at the time, wrote that an anonymous fan yelled out "Hold your horses, the elephants are coming!" upon hearing the rumble of the first team coming on the field. The name stuck throughout what became a national championship season and beyond.
Baby elephants learn everything from their mothers. When the baby grows up, and has its own baby elephants, the knowledge is passed down onto the baby, where the process is repeated for centuries.
Why does an elephant need a stronger skeleton than a whale?
An elephant is supporting his own weight with no help and is fighting against gravity. A whale on the other hand does not have to support all his weight as the water is helping ti support a portion of his weight.
Only if he has a weapon.
Recall Hannibal the commander of the Carthaginian armies. In his march toward Rome with battle elephants, the riders were equipped with a large iron wedge and a maul. In the event an elephant panicked the rider was instructed to drive the wedge through his mount, in effect stopping it by killing it almost instantly.
Primitive man hunted mammoths and perhaps mastodons (very large Proboscidea--same order as elephants) with little more than spears and torches.
How has McDonald's changed over time?
one way that mcdonalds has changed over time is they now have bigger protion sizes
How much bigger is a blue whale than a Full grown Affrican elephant?
The blue whale is much bigger than African elephant.
Given that humans can cough, (mammals) elephants can cough too.
What is the price of elephant tusk per kg in Indian currency in international market rate?
20 thousand
What control the body temperature?
The blood that flow through the skin and subcutaneous area controls our body temperature.
Body temperature is governed by the hypothalamus, a very small organ near the base of the brain. Perspiration is the secondary cooling control, that works evaporatively to keep the body temperature from getting too high.
How much does a Borneo elephant weigh?
Borneo elephants are much smaller than all other subspecies of Asian elephants. They are probably the smallest of them all. Adult borneo elephants weigh approximately 2000 kilograms when full grown. Some of them might be even lighter than that.
What is the relationship between elephants and whales?
The only relationship between them is that they are members of the Animal Kingdom, have vertebrates, are mammals, and are the biggest animals in land and water respectively.
