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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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How heavy is an indian elephant?
Male Asian Elephants stand at around 10 to 11 feet tall at their shoulder. Female Asian Elephants stand around 7 to 9 feet tall. Weight wise, they weigh somewhere between 2.7 tonnes to 4.5 tonnes. Adult Tuskers can even cross this 4.5 tonnes weight. African Elephants are much taller and heavier than Asian Elephants
Do elephants suckle their young?
Which elephant?
Elephants are mammals, they breastfeed, giving milk.
Just like humans, except for some strange americans who sees it as bad, perhaps because sucking nipples arouses the female.
God/nature invented the feeling to make sure the babies get fed..
Yes sand will absorb a small quantity of water. It is extremely small compared to the other soil particles (silt and clay). You can look for the Water Retention Curve for the specifics of the amounts of water that can be held by sand.
What was the biggest herd of elephants ever recorded?
The heaviest land animal ever recorded (according to the Guinness World of Records) was a male African bush elephant shot in Mucusso Angola on November 7, 1974. He weighed 13.5 tons (12.2 tonnes)--as much as nine average-size U.S. cars. (WonderQuest). For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated at the bottom of this answer box.
What pistol can kill an elephant 1 shot?
The Desert Eagle or sometimes a revolver but usually a desert eagle its bullet power is strong enough to penetrate through 5 knight armors behind each other and still kill the person or animal behind it.
What do elephants do when one of their family dies?
they will most likely wait next to it for many days, grieving, then they will move on
How do you know when an elephant is pregnant?
As new born elephants weigh the same as a Ford Focus, it is quite easy for the mother elephant to realise she is expecting.
If she feels like she weighs anything above what a citroen berlingo weighs, she knows she is having twins.
Is having a pet elephant illegal?
No. It is not illegal to pet a hippopotamus. It is just illegal to own a hippo unless you have a zoo.
However, it is very dangerous to pet a hippopotamus.
How big does an elephant get size and weight?
Male African elephants stand at around 10 to 13 feet tall at their shoulder. Female African elephants stand at around 7.2 to 8.5 feet tall at their shoulder. Their Asian counterparts are around 1 - 2 feet shorter than them and weigh a few thousand pounds lesser than them. The Average Asian elephant weighs anywhere between 2.7 tonnes to 4.5 tonnes. Full grown adult tuskers are known to weigh in the range of 4.5 tonnes. The Average African elephant weighs 2.7 to 6 tonnes. Though the African females are known to weigh approximately the same as their Asian counterparts, African Bulls are known to be much heavier than their Asian brothers.
What do you call the feet of an elephant?
This depends on the development of the creatures feet. For birds they are called feet. For tree shrews and koala bears they are called paws for lemurs, monkeys and apes they are called hands and feet.
How many livling species of elephant are there?
Naturally? One, the Asian Elephant (elephas maximus), though there is an African elephant in Korat zoo he would not be native.
USE A BULLDOZER to pick it up and throw it on the tree with an very tall bulldozer
A veterinarian would have to shave a gorilla while the animal was under sedation as gorillas are incredibly powerful animals and it probably wouldn't take too kindly to being shaved.
How much water should a 12 year old drink a day?
It is recommended that adolescents drink at least 64 ounces of water daily. This will help them stay hydrated, leading to a better immune system as well as others, and help them maintain ideal weight by curbing hunger.
Why where elephants endangered?
The greatest threat to the Asian elephant's survival is the demolishing of its natural habitat by man. Deforestation and farming are clearing away their food source, causing many of these magnificent animals to die of starvation. A further reason why this animal is endangered is to do with the fact that they are being hunted for their ivory tusks. This practice is illegal, yet poachers still earn lots of money for the elephant's tusks.
What is the predator of the elephant hawkmoth catterpillar?
The predator of an Elephant Hawkmoth caterpillar are day birds. To protect them selves, they rarely go out during the day and tend to leave going out till night time.
What helps an elephant regulate its body temperature?
Elephants have been found to use there trunks to squirt water over there bodies. Also they use mud to keep the heat and bugs off of themselves. The ears on an elephant are used as large fans to keep its head cool.
Yes, cows have lips, it's just that they're black, not pink OR THEY ATE THEM OFF WHEN EATING GRASS!!!!
