Elephants are beautiful animals that are found in most parts of the world. The elephant is Earth 's largest land animal, although the Asian elephant is slightly smaller than its African cousin. The Asian elephant is an endangered animal and the number of Asian elephants has decreased throughout the world and if nothing is said or done, they will go extinct. One of the reasons why this animal is endangered is their habitat is lost as human populations increase and grasslands and forests are converted
Largely known as the biggest animal on the planet, elephant is always considered human’ friendliest wild friend. We have coexisted from the beginning of time, working, sharing this increasingly overcrowded land. In the crazy and fast pacing world of animals and the endless fight over the places in the food chain , elephant is still supposed to be the calmest because, according to some children’s book, those problems are too small compared to the size of the animal. However, it seems that this theory
Watch out dolphins because you may no longer be the most intelligent animals anymore! Elephants, one of our lands largest creatures, are taking your spot! In the video, Elephants Show Cooperation, the article, Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk, and the passage, from Elephants Know When They Need a Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task, the authors illustrate the intelligence of these pachyderms. They all show an experiment that proves this claim. Elephants “join the elite club of social cooperators:
The Asian Elephant The Asian Elephant is an endangered species of elephants located in southeastern Asia1,2. The Asian Elephant can be differentiated from elephants found in Africa by their smaller stature and smaller, rounded ears1. Asian Elephants live predominantly in forest environments where grasses are plentiful but are also known to live in grasslands. Asian Elephants generally consume grasses but also consume other plant matter like roots, plant stems, and plant leaves. Asian Elephants are
Elephantidae have become extinct, leaving only Loxodonta africana, Loxodonta cyclotis, and Elephas maximus. The number of these species, however, has dwindled significantly in the past years due to the high number of deaths of elephants due to poaching. The continuation of poaching has a possibility of a new evolutionary event within the elephants, elephants without tusks. Ancestors of the extant Loxodonta africana and Elephas maximus The family of Elephantidae shows a high rate of evolution, early stages
In the well-known Disney movie, Tarzan, one of Tarzan’s best friends is an elephant, Tantor. However, Tantor is portrayed a dumb, and stupid, and not exactly on the intelligent side. But are elephants really that dumb, or are they actually as smart as us humans. Sure, they cannot read or communicate to us, let’s be serious, how smart are they really? Not all elephants are like Tantor. In the video, Elephants Show Cooperation, the article, Elephants Can Lend A Helping Trunk, and the passage from,
slight exclusion of both Australia and Antarctica. The elephant specie encountered five major phases of evolution, the Phosphatherium, Moeritherium, Phiomia, Primelephas and the current evolution stage the modern elephant Loxodonta Africana and the Elephas Maximus, referred to as the African, Asian elephant. The original proboscides established the foundation of perhaps 352 species and subspecies. However due to the immense escalation of human settlement, mass habitat destruction and ultimately illegal
Fragmentation of Rajaji National Park: Rajaji National Park is attempting to secure corridors for its wildlife, elephants in particular, though this continues to be a cumbersome and challenging task. These corridors have been fragmented by villages, by a national highway, water channels, railway tracks, transmission lines and even an Army ammunition dump. These corridors are being shrunk and fragmented, posing a grave threat to tigers as well elephants. An elephant moves long distances and as it
I. HABITAT FACTS African Elephants are herbivores, which means that they eat plants in order to survive. African Elephants eat roots, grasses, fruit, bark, broadleaved trees, shrubs, palms, vines, leaves, shoots, twigs, branches, and flowers in order to survive and can consume up to 300 pounds of food per day. An unusual feeding habit the African Elephant has is that they spend more time looking for food then sleeping, spending up to twenty hours searching. They are almost constantly searching
Within the first paragraph of the piece, Morell described, “That’s the conclusion of a new study that tested the cooperative skills of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in Thailand and showed that the pachyderms understand that they will fail at a task without a partner’s assistance.” Morell stated that a recent study concluded that elephants comprehend the necessity of cooperation, strongly supporting
Introduction: What Does it Mean to be Endangered? At some point in a human’s life while watching your favorite tv show or movie, you’ve seen a commercial about wanting your monthly or one-time donation to save endangered animals. While watching, you feel the need to donate because you mourn for the sad looking critters and want to do everything you can to help. You call the 1-800 number listed on the advertisement, make your donation and then forget about it until you see a similar commercial. Do
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