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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 are the similarities between the Asian and African elephant?
Size
The African elephant is significantly larger with bulls growing up to 4m tall whereas the biggest Asian males reach no more than 3.5m.
Weight
Adult African elephants weigh between 4,000-7,500 kg. Asians 3000-6,000 kg.
Head Shape
African elephants have fuller more rounded heads. The top of the head is a single dome whereas Asian elephants have a twin domed head with an indent in the middle.
The lower lips of the two species also differ being long and tapered in Asian elephants and short and round in Africans.
Size of the Ears
It is said that you can tell where an elephant comes from by looking at the size of his ears. African ears are like a map of Africa and Asian ears smaller like the shape of India. African ears are much bigger and reach up and over the neck which does not occur in Asian elephants.
Skin
African elephant's skin is more wrinkled
Ribs
In general African elephants have more ribs than the Asian though the number of ribs varies in individual animals. African elephants have up to 21 pairs, Asians up to 20.
Tusks
All African elephants, male and female whereas only some male Asian elephants have tusks. Africans generally have the bigger tusks. About 50% of female Asian elephants and a small percentage of males have small tusk like teeth known as tushes.
Teeth
The lamella profile along the top of the molar teeth of the two species is different with ridges on Asian's teeth being more tightly compressed.
The Trunk
The African elephant's trunk is visibly more heavily ringed and is not as hard as the Asian trunk.
The trunk tip is a major difference between the species. The African trunk has two distinct fingers which it uses to pick up and manipulate objects. The Asian elephant has only one 'finger'. The Asian compensates for this by holding objects against the underside of the trunk and appears not to suffer from any lack of maneuverability.
Toenails
Toenails in the two different species of African elephants vary. As they do between the African and Asian elephants.
African forest elephant 5 nails on front feet 4 on the back
African savanna elephant 4 nails on front feet 3 on the back
Asian elephant 5 nails on front fee 4 on the back (rarely 5)
Diet
Although both species of elephant eat a wide variety of plant matter, in genral term the Asian elephant's diet is made up of a greater proportion of grass and the African's of leaves.
Do elephant eat there own poo?
What r u on about! If you eat elephant poo I would stop now if I was you!
What do hunters use elephants tusks for?
They use their trunks to drink water, lift logs out of the way, and communicate with members of their herd.
They can
- ... pick up tiny things with it. The end has one or two movable parts, like fingers!
- ... breathe through it and smell things with it. A trunk is an elephant's nose!
They don't actually drink through their trunks. Elephant suck up water with their trunks, then squirt it into their mouths.
They also wash themselves this way; it's their own personal shower! Some elephants can give themselves a dust bath this way too.
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What is the common name for African elephant?
In Africa, the male elephants are referred to as the Bull elephants, while the females are the cows, and the head of the herd is called the Matriarch (always a female).
The Bulls spend their time by themselves until its time to breed. They live an average of 55 years, but unfortunatelythey'renot being allowed to live to their maximum lifespan due to the current rate of poaching, all because of their ivory that the Chinese want.
Its part of the jackrabbit that help keeps him cool?
All rabbits are very hot in the summer with their coat so whenever they go out of their burrow, they find some shade. Also, they go into there burrows if its to hot even in the shade. Water trickles onto the dirt and sinks in there. That's why its cool down there!
Does a hippo weigh more than an elephant?
Well, it depends on the variables.If the elephant is a baby, and the hippo is an adult, than, yes.But the elephant is an adult and the hippo a baby, the elephant weighs more.If they are both adults, the adult elephant STILL weighs MORE.
Why did the woolly mammoths have thick hair?
they have thick fur to protect them from the harsh cold in the time off the ice age
Why was tge year the prophet was born caleed the year of elephant?
The year when Prophet Mohammad (S.A.W.) was born is referred to as Year of Elephants. That year, Abraha, an Roman commander marched towards Mekkah with a big troops consisting of elephants. He aimed at destroying the Ka'aba. As the Holy Quran narrates, a flock of ababeel bird carried baked clay in their beaks. they threw the clay on the elephants and the elephants were turned into ashes.
Why elephants are known as the fireman of the forest?
i was also checking for its answer.but my friend is telling that maybe because it can take water in its trunk..and can spray from it..which is fimiliar 2 fireforce. i dont know is it correct or not.
What are the female elephants that have tusks?
Yes. Only Male Elephants have large and magnificent tusks. Occasionally females may have small tusks.
Which best explains why the blind men do not describes the actual elephant?
They each touched only a part of the elephant.
The mass of a newborn baby is 3.5 kg what is the baby's weight?
how much does a baby weigh if his mass is 4.2k and gravity is 9.8
How long does it take for an elephant to hatch?
there is no answer.
Elephants do not hibernate because the desert and savanah do not get any snow so there is no need to.
How an elephant eats food does it use its long white teeth to eat or does it eat with its trunk?
Elephants breathe through their trunks. An elephant uses its tusks (long white teeth) for defense and as a tool for digging or fighting other elephants. It has other teeth inside its mouth that it uses for chewing food before swallowing.
Elephants use their trunks to wrap around limbs, twigs, grasses, and leaves, to tear them off the plant. Then, with their trunk, they stuff the food in their mouth where they chew it up and swallow it.
Giraffes do not sweat, as their skin is too thick to get though.
