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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 do adult elephants take other baby elephants?
sometimes they do not do it on purpose sometimes they take other elephant young because they think it is ther own and sometuimes they take them if they dotn like that elephant because it is stealing territory
How tall was the largest African elephant?
The largest African Elephant was a bull elephant weighing 10 tonnes, with a shoulder height og 4 meters. The largest African Elephant was a bull elephant weighing 10 tonnes, with a shoulder height of 4 meters.
How many teeth do elephants use to chew their food?
Adult elephants have 24 teeth, but 26 if you count their tusks. They have 12 molars and 12 premolars, and also 2 tusks
Elephants' teeth are very different from those of most other mammals. Over their lives they usually have 28 teeth if you count their first set of tusks. These are:
- The two upper second incisors, known as tusks.
- The milk precursors of the tusks.
- 12 premolars, 3 in each side of each jaw.
- 12 molars, 3 in each side of each jaw.
Unlike most mammals, which grow baby teeth and then replace them with a permanent set of adult teeth, elephants have cycles of tooth rotation throughout their entire life. The tusks have milk precursors, which fall out quickly and the adult tusks are in place by one year of age, but the molars are replaced five times in an average elephant's lifetime.[39] The teeth do not emerge from the jaws vertically like with human teeth. Instead, they move horizontally, like a conveyor belt. New teeth grow in at the back of the mouth, pushing older teeth toward the front, where they wear down with use and the remains fall out. When an elephant becomes very old, the last set of teeth is worn to stumps, and it must rely on softer foods to chew. Very elderly elephants often spend their last years exclusively in marshy areas where they can feed on soft wet grasses. Eventually, when the last teeth fall out, the elephant will be unable to eat and will die of starvation. Were it not for tooth wear out, their metabolism would allow them to live much longer. However, as more habitat is destroyed, the elephants' living space becomes smaller and smaller; the elderly no longer have the opportunity to roam in search of more appropriate food and will, consequently, die of starvation at an earlier age.
Tusks in the lower jaw are also second incisors. These grew out large in Deinotherium and some mastodons, but in modern elephants they disappear early without erupting.
12 molar and 12 premolar teeth and also 2 tusks in an African elephant's mouth.
elephants have 24 teeth; 12 back teeth and 12 front teeth
What are elephant leaves?
According to Wikipedia, there are a few different kinds of plants known as elephant ear: Xanthosoma, Caladium, Colocasia (ie taro), and Alocasia. There's also one known as elephant tree: Bursera microphylla.
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How many wild elephants are left in the world?
Once numbering in the millions, the African elephant population has dwindled to between 470,000 and 690,000 individuals according to a March 2007 estimate. The world population of Asian elephants -- also called Indian Elephants -- is estimated to be around 60,000.
There are an estimated 500,000 African and 40,000 Indian elephants alive, including about 2000 total in zoo populations.
A reduction in the illegal ivory trade would improve their chances of survival, as many are illegally killed by poachers each year. Habitat loss is another major threat in India and other Asian elephant countries.
African- about 600,000
Asian- about 80,000
Is an elephant a mammal or a reptile?
I am quite certain that Asian elephants are mammals just like the African forest elephants and African bush elephants. It just makes more sense that all of the types of elephants would be mammals like one another. And from pictures that have been seen asian elephants were born without being in an egg.
What part does elephant breathe in?
elephant breath trough their trunks and mouth just like us. they also have lungs because they are mammals like us.
Why didn't Orwell just leave his gun at home in shooting an elephant?
Orwell shoots the elephant when it is in heat because he is destroying property and also took someones life. Orwell didnt really want to kill it but the people following him made him feel pushed forward to do it.
What is the trunk lift purpose?
tree logs or somthing heavy if you are talking about elephants but in like gym it is when you lie face down and try to lift your upper body
Is a hippo bigger than an elephant?
No, an elephant is not larger than the moon. An average male elephant weighs between 1200 kg and 6300 kg and are 3 to 4 meters high. The moon weighs about 7.35x1022 kg and is 3,474 km in diameter.
What is the bite force of an Elephant?
I Don't Know The Bite Force But Once A Guy Named Jeremy Allen McGill Was Bitten By One And He Had 9 Broken Ribs And One Of His Guts Popped Out Of His Stomach.So Elephants Bite Very Hard
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What is a female elephant called?
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Why do elephants have short legs?
As animals get larger, their weight (which is related to their volume) increases proportionally as the third power of their height (it could also be their length, the idea being, whatever linear measurement you take to determine how large they are) but the surface area of their feet only increases in proportion to the square of the length (or diameter) of the foot. As a result, larger animals require proportionally larger feet.
How long do the elephants stay with there family units for?
very protective of their family against predators...hunting animals and humans. They are known to be in groups ....herds.
Should an elephant become distressed it shortens their life expectancy and can affect breeding.
Elephants are mammals; all creatures with fur are mammals. They do NOT lay eggs; they give live birth to live offspring like nearly all mammals. The only mammals that lay eggs are the monotremes, of which the only living examples are the platypus and 4 species of echidnas - all of which are indigenous to only Australia and New Guinea.
Elephants are mammals, and like the majority of mammals they give birth to live young.
There are only two mammals that lay eggs. Platypus and Echidna.
Yes they do.
There live in Asia
Normally round the world but not England
What can people do to prevent elephant to become extinct?
You can avoid using products made of ivory. Also, you can volunteer with a conservation organization in Africa.
How long does an elephant live in the wild?
Elephants are like humans. They have a long life expectancy like humans. Elephants in the wild are known to live an average of 50 to 70 years. Some domesticated elephants have known to live upto the age of 80 years too. They probably live the longest among all mammals (excluding humans).
Do elephants play Indian elephant football with different elephant teams?
They are incredibly social creatures, so yes they do.
How much do Asian elephants weigh?
Asian Elephants weigh about 6,600-11,000 pounds; females weigh less, and are smaller than the males.
How long do baby elephants stay in the mothers womb?
It takes 24 months for the young to fully develop and be ready to join us in the world.
