African Elephant The African Bush Elephant, Loxodonta has adapted to suit its harsh environment. They can be found in most of Zimbabwe and Botswana. The rainfall in Botswana mainly occurs in December, January and February which is the wet season. There is 600mm of rain in the north-east of Botswana and 200mm in the drier south-west. (Siyabona Africa, 2014, stated) Adaptations: Limbs Skeleton An elephant has a large skull to use as a weapon when competing with other elephants over territory
Bigaloo the Singing Elephant BIgaloo’s uncle was Big Bull Elephant. Uncle Big Bull was HUGE. He was bigger than a bus. He was stronger than a tractor. He was faster than a man on a bike. Bigaloo was proud of his uncle, ……………………….. and just a little afraid. Every morning as the sun rose, Uncle Big Bull Elephant gave a mighty trumpet call. This was the wake-up call for all the elephants in the herd. Everyone in the herd had to wake up and start a new day. But no one liked to woken up by a loud
need for most of their research. The key to saving exotic animals lies in saving their habitat, not removing them from it only to be placed in an unnatural and abusive environment.("Zoocheck".) Works Cited Zoo Target of "Bloody" Protest Over African Elephants PETA News Release http://www.peta-online.org/news/basel199.htm Zoocheck PETA's Action for Activists http://www.peta-online.org/library/actionideas/zoo.htm 21, Nov. 1999 Zoos:Pitiful Prisons Campaigns http://www.peta-online.org/cmp/ccircfs3
The Great Elephants African elephants are the largest land animals in the world. They are slightly bigger than their cousin the Asian elephant. Elephants are known for a lot of things. There are only 2 out of the 600 species of elephants left. They do some of the most interesting things. In this essay, I’m going to inform you about different things about elephants; how they live, how they do things and where they are most commonly found. Elephants overpower most other animals because of their size
three windows of time and place; these being pre-colonial African culture, early Asian history, and 19th Century European use and trade. The interaction that has taken place between humans and elephants, for their ivory, throughout history not only gives an insight into the qualities and use of the material, but provides an understanding into the human use and application of value onto a material and the relationship with its source. Elephants have long been hunted by man for their meat, oil and hide
attractive. The Asian ivory came from tusks of elephants that were largely different from African elephants. For starters, they had a smaller build and differently shaped tusks. The African elephants had an average tusk size of about sixty pounds to the Asian elephant’s forty. The African elephants lived in the tropical jungles of Africa’s east coast, while the Asian elephant lived in a far different environment. As it happened, it was the African elephant that man desired but had a difficult time
Elephants are gentle giants that primarily live in Africa. They have a long line of how they became what they are today. The elephants may be very large animals but they are huge prey for big game hunters. There is a lot to tell from where they begin to where they are now. Most experts believe that the Mammoth which have been extinct is an early form of the elephant. Experts believe that what we have on Earth now are direct decedents of them and that many of the changes including the
Have you ever visited a zoo when you were a child? Did you see any large land mammals called elephants? I believe most of you already know the physical appearance of a creature called elephant. However, do you know that elephants are classified into two different types, which are the African and the Asian types? Although the African and the Asian elephants come from the same family taxonomy, each of them shares some differences, such as, the physical characteristics, the living conditions, and the
walls of the canyon from the air, and how the ‘highveld’ drops horizontally more than 1000 metres into a vast, flat expanse known as the ‘lowveld.’ As we drove from the airport to the Blyde River Canyon Natural Reserve, we saw how the flatness of the ‘bush’ was framed by the huge red cliff walls of the canyon. The Reserve is at the bottom of the canyon, right by its mouth. The house was surrounded by a natural ampitheatre made of the beautiful rock faces of the canyon walls. It really is a majestic and
threat to this ancient and fragile environment has emerged and is quickly gaining strength at devouring life – the bush meat trade. “Bush meat” refers to the smoked carcasses of various wild, and often endangered species that are sold illegally at rural markets of undeveloped countries and even at ethnic markets in developed nations. The meat of gorillas, chimpanzees, and elephants are considered delicacies and the demand for these endangered species is increasingly high. Countries at the center
African elephant, Loxodonta africana, are the largest extant land animal, and consume huge quantities of vegetation, approximately 1% (dry weight) of their body mass every day (Baxter 2003). They are classified as mega-herbivores, and generally considered the most principal ecosystem engineer, shaping the environment and driving shifts in vegetation (Augustine and Mcnaughton 2004, Kerley and Landman 2006). Elephants can have a profound impact on woody vegetation through consumption, pushing over
pressure because it isn’t always defined as peer pressure. In Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell the
controversial topic. During the early days of trophy hunting, dwindling numbers of some of the world’s most unique and prized wildlife was not a problem like it is today. When a trophy hunting dentist from Minnesota paid $55,000 to kill a prized African lion, he unintentionally reignited the heated debate concerning big game hunting. Wildlife conservationists and hunters debate the impact of hunting on the economy and the environment. Legal hunting can be controlled without government intervention
across the world. The savanna biome has also been altered by us, human by living in this biome. The people of Africa use the Savanna by not just living there but also by letting their cattle feed off the plants of the savanna. The grass such as the elephant grass gets eaten and with no vegetation the Savanna will soon turn into a huge desert. Huge amounts of savanna’s around the world are deserting every year due to us human using it for living and for feeding cattle. If the population of humans of
Kilamanjaro Safari, and The Final Answer. The Animal Kingdom is a modern exhibit designed to follow the “natural pattern” of an African community. The most eye-popping attraction, the Kilamanjaro Safari, is an open-air, nearly barrier-free animal reserve at Florida’s Walt Disney World. It was a major shift from a cow playground to a zone of care for other wise caged animals. Here, African animals freely roam through acres of savanna, rivers, and rocky hills. The rider is advised to be aware, “You never know
Management Success The African Lion is Africa’s largest cat, but has unfortunately decreased dramatically in populations especially in East and West Africa. This is mainly due to habitat loss and conservation. Most Lions in South Africa were removed from their native areas during the 1900s, where today, historic populations only occur in the Kruger National Park and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The unrightfully killing of the species for protection from life and livestock, the bush meat trade, and
much to help improve the current state of the Kenyan economy. The current programs in Africa are programs that were enacted or established by President's Clinton and George W. Bush (Mwangi 2013). This has allowed the Chinese government to move in and expand operations in the region. It seems China’s interest in African countries is not in territorial occupation, but rather in international prominence and expanding its rapidly growing economic agenda. Kenya’s richness in commodities and weak commercial
desert with dry terrain whose ground can be shallow, rocky, gravely or sandy. Dust and sand particles are often blown around. Ironically, t... ... middle of paper ... ...ts are large mammals found in the coastal desert of Namibia and Angola. Elephants know where to find water, and once they run out of water in one end, they will travel even at long distances in order to get more water. Once they find that the waterhole they traveled to is dry, they will dig a short distance with their trunks and
Food is something people take for granted these days since it is see in stock every day and there is an abundance of produce. What is also see in the market are produce that are almost in perfect shape and have no marks in them which are called ‘premium’ produce. Which can lead some to think that produce comes out like this, but that is not the case. In reality produce can be imperfect by with a dent or some marking on it that make it look ‘ugly’. Because of imperfections that the produce might contain
Life in Kenya 1. Introduction In the past when I would think of Kenya I would think of wild animals, African tribes, and AIDS. When I met Wanjiku an international student from Kenya she told me many things about the culture of her country. I know from talking and working with her that they value friendship and believe in hard work. The people of Kenya have gone though many changes since gaining their independence in 1963. They now have the freedom of speech and religion. Kenya has