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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 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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What does the elephant with trunk down tattoo mean?
There are those who believe that decorative images and pictures of elephants depicted with there trunks turned upwards are considered lucky. I do not know for certain, but I do not think the opposite is true.
Which is bigger an African or a asain elephant?
There are three species of elephant, the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant and the Asian elephant . The biggest noticeable difference is that African elephants have much bigger ears than there Indian counterparts.
If a donky and a hores have babies what is the baby called?
The offspring of a donkey and a horse is known as a mule. Becaus ethey are hybrids, they usually can't re-produce. This does occasionally happen, however. I know that it has happened a few times in the Grand Canyon!
How much does a female elephant weigh pounds?
The average weight for a male elephant (bulls) is 4.4 tonnes. The weight of the female elephant (cows) is 4.1 tonnes. A new-born baby elephant weighs about 125 kgs or the same weight as 3 ten year old children.
In some cases, elephants have caused damage to farms that were built in their traditional habitats. This has led to controlled hunting, but also to relocation.
In many cases they are killed for the ivory in their tusks, which is still a valuable commodity in the Third World despite modern alternatives.
A female elephant is called a COW
The male a BULL
The young are Calves
When do baby elephants get their tusks?
A wild boar [Sus scrofa] gets tusks as of the age of two years old. In the male, the upper tusks are hollow and serve as sharpeners for the lower tusks. In females, there's only the lower tusks. But regardless of the gender of the boar or the number of the tusks, boar tusks are sharp.
How many times does an elephant pee a year?
enough to drink make you pee a lots of water can do the trick
What does the desert elephant eat?
In the desert elephants must be opportunistic. They rely heavily on grasses, especially the roots as a staple of their diet. They will eat other plants when available near water sources or when they spring up after rare rainstorms.
Hiow much does a baby elephant weigh?
Elephant calves weigh around 250 pounds and stand at around 2.5 feet tall at birth. They grow both in size and weight very fast. By the end of a year, they are taller by a few feet and weigh around 1000 pounds or more
Is a gallon of water too much to drink?
YES
but it is very difficult, you need to drink more then 10 liters per hour for several hours. you will probably throw up way before it becomes a problem. drinking too much water often occers when you drink alcohol as well as take extacy, the combination scrambles up your body heat control and body temp' can rise to leathel levels. in an atempt to reduce the temp one might drink too much water which can dilute the blood, damage the stomach and in extreme cases kill you.
How much poop does an African elephant produce each day?
If they digest all the food they can eat, I think I know how to help! Elephants can eat up to 150-270 kilograms of grass & leaves per day!! And 20-800 liters of water per day!! That food finding can take up to 10 hours of searching, or roaming around for about 12 km!!
