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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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Why is the elephant heavier than the mouse?

On both it has the same amount of gravity but it has a different amount of force. The elephant might weighmore than the cat but they both have the exact same amount of gravity, or as others say it, acceleration. So the answer would be that it pull down on both of them with an equal amount of force.

Are Elephants and cats alike?

they differ because manaties are marine mamals and elephants are land mamals.

Both are mammals.

Both are herbivores.

Males of both species retain their testicles within their abdomen.

Do indian female elephants have tusks?

They normally do not. Most female African elephants, however, have tusks that can be quite large.

How many calfs does a female elephant have a year?

Technically the answer is zero. African elephants are pregnant for about 22 months so they only have babies about once every two to four years.
Elephants can only have one baby a year, because elephant gestation lasts for almost 2 years.

How long does pregnancy last for?

A cat is pregnant for about 65 days. A variation of four days either way is not unusual, so the whole cat gestation period may be as short as 61 days or as long as 69.

How much do elephant tusks grow per year?

The tusks present at birth are only milk teeth which fall out after around one year of age (approximately 5 cm long). The permanent tusks begin to protrude beyond the lips of an elephant at around 2-3 years of age, and will continue to grow throughout its life. Were and elephant's tusks able to grow long enough they would be in the shape of a spiral (similar to the extinct woolly mammoth), because the tusk typically follows a sinusoidal curved growth pattern. The growth rate of tusks is at approximately 15-18 centimeters per year.

Does elephants have necks?

Yes, elephants are vertibrates and therefore have a backbone.

What is the purpose of elephant tooth paste?

It is a chemical experiment using hydrogen peroxide and potassium iodide, mixed with detergent and water.

If you add all these together, the hydrogen peroxide's decomposition is sped up by the catalyst, potassium iodide. Oxygen is given off and forms foam with the detergent. The foam pushes up in the cylinder or test tube and comes out the top looking like toothpaste, hence elephant's toothpaste.

What sub group does an elephant belong in?

Elephants are a breed of mammals. Mammoths are said to be their ancestors.
Mammal

How does living limiting factors affect an elephant?

One limiting factor for the African Elephant is the climate of the Sahara Desert. They have to migrate from place to place to find a good watering hole.

How old are most elephants?

The longest age of elephants are up to their 80's and they die of weakness

Does an Elephant have claws?

Yes be careful they can hurt you with them as they are sharp

How many hours does an elephant spend eating every day?

Elephants eat nearly 150 to 200 kilograms of plants and other plant material like grass, fruits etc. so if an animal has to eat that much food, it is not found in one place or one tree. Elephants keep moving from place to place and they eat the plants they find. They eat almost 6 to 8 hours in a day. Almost all the time they are awake and they eat.

Do people use elephant skin for clothing?

Elephant skins are used for clothing (especially shoes and boots). Their skin is even used to make leather for furniture. All the same it is wrong and usually illegal in most cases to have elephant skins, probably due to the fact that they are becoming endangered.

How many gallons of water a day do sycamore tree drink?

I've been told that sycamore trees drink 500 gallons of water a day.

I'm trying to find out for certain, but I know they are VERY heavy when they fall, and they prefer to grow near water. So even if it's not 500 gallons, it's probably a lot more than most trees.

What percentage of water is an elephant body made of?

An elephant's percentage of body fat is quite a bit less than expected with an average body fat of only 5% to 7%. The skin of the elephant actually weighs more than their total body fat.

What is heavier an elephant or osmium?

Osmium is much denser than an elephant. Which is heavier depends on how much elephant and how much osmium you're talking about. An elephant-sized pile of osmium would weigh over 20 times as much as an elephant-sized elephant would.

Do African elephants hibernate or migrate?

I do not believe giraffe's hibernate but it would be weird lol am i not right that would also be cool if you walked by a hibernating giraffe lol well my name is Kayla adkins and i go to urbana high schoolnlol:)

What is the same as an elephant?

There are 3 elephant species in the genus loxodonta(African Elephant): African Elephant, African Bush Elephant, and African Forest Elephant

There is only 1 elephant species in the genus Elephas maximus (Asian Elephant), but it can be divided into 4 sub-species.

Are elephants the smartest animals in the world?

Yes, they are. Elephants make rumbles and other noises to communicate with other elephants. They fan back their ears when scared to appear larger, and wave they're ears around when they're happy. And when they flap they're ears and they are hot, they fanning themselves and cooling off!

How does hen help us?

Hens eat just about everything. They love greens and seeds, bugs and flies. The eat fruit and vegetables. It is best to feed them a nutritious mix of grain and protein matter called laying mash or laying pellets and that is available from feed stores but they will survive on forage and table scraps.

What weight is the biggest elephant?

The largest elephant ever recorded was shot in Angola in 1955. It was a male that weighed 10,900 kg or 12 tons.

P.T. Barnum's elephant Jumbo was killed September 15, 1885, on railroad tracks. Height 11.5 feet, weight 6.5 tons, 24 years old.

What started the conflict between he man and the elephant in the gentlemen of he jungle?

I believe the cause was the elephant taking advantage of the man's kindness and eventually claiming the man's hut as his own.