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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 caused Elephant birds 1600s extinction?
Human hunting and habitat loss, due to a combination of climate change, and humans altering the habitat.
Why do elephants paint their toenails in multiple colors?
So that they can hide in Jellybean jars.
Have you ever seen an elephant hiding in a jellybean jar? See how good they hide?
Of course, all chordates ( animals with backbones, or vertebrates, have skeletal systems, have you not seen elephant skeletons in museums- including mammoths- tusks fossilize, they are bone, but trunks do not! Most mammals have a two-piece tibia and fibular leg-construction with another bone on the side of the lower leg for support. study this on Museum reconstructions. There you have it, tusk tusk, and no bones about it, Soft body parts, such as trunks on elephants decompose and do not fossilize with very rare exceptions of frozen mammoths in Alaska and Siberia.
How can you lift an elephant completely off the ground?
With any device capable of lifting the weight of said Elephant.
they can they just spred their legs out and lien down and puke.it does hurt them but it can happen
When did ivory poaching start?
Ivory Poaching started during the late 1800's. before the start of ivory poaching there were millions of elephants in the world in both Africa and India. But because of hunting for ivory, their numbers are greatly reduced. There are only a few thousand of these giants left in the wild in both Africa and India.
What biome is the African elephant in?
the African Elephant lives in Africa south of the Sahara desert.
Elephant is Wild or tame animal?
An elephant is originally wild and can be tamed. All animals are wild until you tame them.
They don't hate mice, they are just wary of them. Mice are small enough to easily hide in small shrubs, and the elephant has no idea that it's there until it rushes out from said shrubs in front of the behemoth. To the elephant, it seems like the rodent appeared out of thin air, and this startles it.
What are elephants poached for?
elephants are poached by poachers in the African Savannah. Poachers use nets, guns, and trucks, to capture them.
Is it good luck to dream of an elephant?
The elephant brings to mind qualities of strength, perseverance and a good memory. A white elephant could mean you have landed yourself with something that is expensive to maintain but of little value.
What does an elephant use a trunk for?
They have a trunk because it is very useful for eating and when they throw dust it can get to their backs. They also need it because it is like a thumb.
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An elephant's trunk is it's nose. Elephants use their trunk to drink water as well.
A healthy deer that is not killed by unnatural means can live up to 10 years of age and in some rare cases a little longer, however, the typical life span of a deer is hard to estimate because of hunter's, car kills, etc. The averafe lifespan is 3-4 years old for most populations and a deer has been documented to have lived 19 years, very rare.
Why does the African elephant live in the savanna?
They don't. They either live alone or in pairs with their partners
You have hair almost over your entire body. They are just too small for most of them to be noticed. What is probably happening in your gluteal area is that the hairs are thicker and so more noticeable.
Can elephants truly balance on balls?
yes elephants have balls they are inside them instead of outside like most male animals
What is the weight of an elephant calf?
about 1500 pounds
The average adult elephant is 4.6 tons. But the weight varies depending on the different species.
The African Elephant is the largest land animal, with males standing 3.2 metres or 10 ft to 4 metres or 13 ft at the shoulder. They weigh around 3,500 kilograms up to a reported 12,000 kilograms. The female is smaller, standing about 3 metres or 9.8 ft at the shoulder.
Asian Elephants are not as large as their African cousins but can weigh around 5,400 kg and stand over 3.4 m or 11 ft tall
Lions, hyaenas and wild dogs hunt elephants in Africa. They can only take calves as the adults are too big. In Asia the main predators are tigers, and they have occasionally been known to kill adults.
How do elephants survive special adaptations?
They are the largest living land mammal, found in tropical regions of Africa and Asia. Elephants have massive bodies and heads, thick, pillarlike legs, and broad, short padded feet, with toes bearing heavy, hooflike nails. The gray skin is loose, tough, thick, and nearly hairless. The slender tail ends in a tuft of hair. The upper lip and nose are elongated into a flexible trunk, or proboscis, reaching nearly to the ground; this sensitive appendage is used for picking up food, feeding from trees and other sources, and drawing up water. Elephants drink by sucking water into the trunk and squirting it into the mouth; they also use the trunk to spray themselves with water and with dust. The trunk produces a variety of noises, including a loud trumpeting. African elephants also have been shown to use infrasonic frequencies (those below the range of human hearing) for communication. The large, thin, floppy ears provide an extensive cooling surface; the animal flaps its ears vigorously when it is overheated. The upper incisor teeth are elongated into tusks-highly valued for their ivory-which the animal uses for digging up roots and tubers. A gland between the eye and the ear periodically produces an oily substance called musth; during these periods the animal is in an excitable, dangerous condition, also called musth, meaning madness. Such a condition occurs more often in males than in females and is thought to be a state of sexual excitement.
Elephants are browsing animals, feeding on fruits, leaves, shoots, and tall grasses; they consume hundreds of pounds of food a day and drink up to 50 gal (190 liters) of water. They have no fixed living place, but travel about in herds of up to 100 animals, led by a young, strong male and including young bulls (males), cows (females), and calves. Old males are generally solitary or live in small groups. A rogue elephant is a solitary old male that has become violent and dangerous. During the mating season, elephant pairs may live away from the herd for a few weeks. A single calf is born after a gestation of 18 to 22 months and is nursed for 5 years. Elephants reach maturity at between 15 and 25 years of age; their lifespan is usually 60 or 70 years. Elephants walk at a pace of about 4 mi (6.4 km) per hr, but can charge at speeds of 30 mi (48 km) per hr. They cannot jump and so cannot pass barriers too wide or too high to step over; they swim well, however.
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