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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 is being done to protect endangdered Asian elephants?
it has been made illegal to kill the elephants but some people still do it any way.
What other animals live in the same habitat as the elephant?
What does the elephant in Les Miserables signify?
The Elephant of the Bastille was a monument in Paris between 1813 and1846. It had been conceived by Napolean and the statue was going to be created out of bonze and put in the Place de la Bastille. Only a plaster full-scale model was built. Evidently it was in Victor Hugo's novel Les Miserables. Therefore Hollywood used it in the current movie.
What is the dolphin best known for?
Dolphins are known as the only mammal which lives in water.
This is very suprising that a dolphin looks like a fish rather than a mammal.
It is a mammal because it doesn't have scales nor hair.
Also it feeds young ones with milk. No fish does that. And as you know all fish lays eggs, but the dolphin doesn't. Rather than laying eggs, like all mammals it lays babies.
You can find information about a bat,the only mammal which can really fly in the Question ," Give a few resource Information about a bat ".
What age can an elephant eat solid food?
Many foals begin eating or nibbling at their mothers grain at only a few months old. Special foal feeds are available to prevent bone diseases in growing horses.
What kind of climates do elephants live in?
African elephants can be found in the driest of deserts, African savannas and in humid dense jungles.
Are forest elephants endangered?
There were once millions of these animals in Africa and India but now their numbers have been greatly reduced. They are endangered because of two reasons:
- Hunting & Poaching - Trophy Hunting and Ivory Poaching is the main reason for the decline in numbers of African elephants. There were once millions of these animals and now only a few thousand survive
- Habitat Loss - As human numbers grew, people started settling into forests and that has also affected elephant populations.
The forest elephant is a subspecies of the African elephant, being somewhat smaller than the more common African bush elephant.
Elephants belongs to herbivorus or carnivorus?
Elephants are herbivorous. But like most of the mammals they do clean up the placenta and amniotic membrane of their newborn.
What is the name of the female elephant in charge?
The head of an elephant heard would be the matriarch, which would be one of the oldest and more experienced females of the heard. Fully mature males (Bull's), don't usually stay with the heard, unless there is a female on heat, they live in bachelor groups, or remain solitary.
I saw a lion eat an elephant on the T.V. =P
(Discovery channel is Koolz!!)
About 12 inches tall and wide. Ostrich eggs are petty large for a Ostrich Egg.
How long is a elephants pregncy?
Elephants have one of the longest gestation period among mammals. They are pregnant for a period of around 22 months. After the 22 month gestation, they giver birth to a calf that is approximately 250 pounds heavy and stands at around 2.5 feet tall
Are elephants better then frogs?
Elephants are wayyyyyy better then frogs dingbats!!!! Obviously cuz elephants have more defenses... For instance elephants can stop on things while frogs can only walk around like little maniaks!!! Another one is when u give an elephant affectioncy u will always get some back from an elephant! When i do t with a frog it will never give some back 2 u!!! Just face it stupid frog lovers... Elephants are better by oh i dont know about 23,958,656,783,201,203,856,480,374,574,603,746,547,031!!!!!!!!!
Which is the most appropriate unit to measure the amount of water an elephant drinks in one day?
gallons
How do adult elephants protect their young ones from predators?
Elephants are mammals. They drink their mothers milk from underneath the mothers until they are big. :)
Does an elephant live longer than a giraffe?
No. The giant tortoise has the longest lifespan of the three animals. Giant tortoises have been known to live as long as 200 years. Elephants live 60 to 70 years. Giraffes in the wild live up to about 25 years. So they have the shortest lifespan of the three animals, the giant tortoise, African elephant, and the giraffe.
How long do pregnant elephants hold their baby elephant?
Male elephants, called bulls, begin producing sperm between 10 & 15 years of age, sometimes even earlier in zoos. Typically, wild female elephants will begin reproducing at 12-14 years of age; again, sometimes earlier in zoos.
