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Did you know that there are only three species of elephants left living this day? This is the African savannah, the African forest elephant and Indian elephant. All other varieties have already disappeared from the face. Of the earth. In this collection you will find some interesting facts about elephants.
Elephants are the largest land animals in the world living. The largest elephant ever recorded was shot dead in Angola in 1956. This male weighed approximately 11,000 kg, with a height 3.96 meters, which is a meter higher than the average African male elephant.
The gestation period for a female elephant is 22 months, which more than any land animal. At birth It weighs an average of 120 kilograms. They usually live for 50-70 years, but the age of the oldest recorded elephant was 82 years old. Healthy adult elephants have no natural predatory enemies, although lions can attack cubs or weak individuals.
With a weight of just over 5 kg, the elephant’s brains are larger than any another land animal. They have a great variety emotions and feelings, including grief, altruism, playfulness, compassion and self-awareness. They hear music and can even use musical instruments as well as draw.
Elephants live in a structured social order. Public the life of males and females is very different. Females spend most time in close-knit family groups consisting of mothers, daughters, sisters and aunts. These groups are led by an older elephant, or matriarch. Adult males, on the other hand, live mainly in isolation.
The elephant’s fangs are its second upper incisors that grow. continuously. Adult male fangs grow approximately 18 cm in year. They are used to pluck water, salt and roots, to pluck bark from trees, extract flesh of baobabs and clear trees and branches clearing the path. In addition, they are used to install territory, and sometimes as a weapon.
The trunk of an elephant is an alloy of the nose and upper lip, elongated and specialized to become the most important and universal appendage of the animal. African elephants boast two finger-like processes on the tip of their trunk, while Asian there is only one. The trunk of an elephant is sensitive enough to raise a single blade of grass from the ground, but still enough strong to root up a tree. Trunk also used in order to drink. Elephants suck up water up to 14 liters per one times, and then transfer it to the mouth. Animals also spray with their trunk water on your body while swimming. On top of that cool the soul of the animals spray the dirt, which dries and acts as sunscreen. During swimming, the trunk acts as a tube for breathing.
Elephants swim well, but cannot jump, or gallop. At there really are only two gait options: walk and faster gait that is similar to running.
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African elephants currently live in 37 countries in Africa. They are distinguished from Indian elephants in several ways, and in the first they have a lot of big ears. Also an African elephant, usually larger than the Indian elephant and has a concave your back. In Indian elephants only males have fangs, and in African all individuals are equipped with fangs.
Elephants are herbivores and spend up to 16 hours a day in looking for food. Their diets are very variable, depending on the season and habitat. First of all, they feed on leaves, bark, fruits trees and bushes, but can also eat significant amounts herbs.
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