Asian Elephants stand at about 8.9 ft tall. They weigh about 200 lbs at birth, and about 6,000 lbs as grown adults. Their environment consists of forested areas, moist, evergreen lowlands, and farm areas. Their grey skin helps them keep cool in the heat. They’re warm blooded animals. They are herbivores. They also flap their butterfly like ears against the wind to cool their bodies, as well. They use their long trunks to eat and drink food and water. They don’t have sweat glands so they use their
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“Animal life encyclopedia” written by Bernhard Grzimek’s, an author and a zoologist, states that there are two recognized varieties of African elephant – African Steppe (also known as Savanna) elephant, which belongs to Sudan region and is characterized by its big ears, four toes on the front, and three toe on the hind legs, and also Bush or Forest elephant, which has round years, five toes on front, and four toes on hind legs (p. 500). The measurements of the size and weight of this majestic animal
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Thomas Haber, Ashlin Murphy, Eniola Aramide Have you ever wondered if humans are smarter than elephants? What if they could work together as a team like us? In an article called “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk,” a passage called, “Elephants Know When They Need a Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task,” and in the video “Elephants Show Cooperation,” information is given about an experiment where two elephants need to work together to pull two separate ropes to bring a table towards them that holds bowls
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The American circus has a unique and often overlooked importance in American history. The first American circuses began shortly after the country was founded, and as the country’s population grew, moved West, went through the Industrial Revolution, and opened its gates to the world, the circus followed. Indeed, in many cases the circus provided people’s first view of new inventions, exotic animals and peoples, and popular entertainments. The history of the circus is in many ways a microcosm of the
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Procedures and Methods Man’s relationship with elephants is beset by contradictions. On the one hand, they are regarded with awe and fascination; while on the other, whole populations are eradicated in pursuit of land or ivory (David 444). Even though elephants do have natural predators- the young are often killed by lions, hyenas, or crocodiles- by far their most dangerous enemy is humankind (David 444). As far back as classical antiquity, North African elephant populations were dwindling rapidly. They
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Asian elephants between 1994 and 2007. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words. [pic] The bar chart illustrates how the maximum amount of Asian elephants changed over the 7-year period from 1997 to 2004. It can be easily seen from the graph that the general trend was downwards. 7 out of 9 countries had less elephants in 2004 than in 1997. By contrast, Cambodia’s number of elephants increased
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Title: Pygmy Elephants General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform about the endangered Pygmy elephants 1. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Satus... Endangered. Population... Less than 1,200. Starving, dying, and unprotected is an every day thing. For the Borneo Pygmy elephant, this is life. (WWF-Malaysia) B. Reasons to Listen: The Pygmy elephants found in the Malaysian state of Sabah, are a sub species of Asian elephants that has been endangered since 1986. C. Credibility:
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Indecisive: Essay on “Hills like White Elephants” Communication is often mistaken by just talking and talking. We interrupt, advise, reassure, judge, analyze, criticize, etc. But, good communication requires good listening as well as talking. In the story “Hills like White Elephants” what seems to be the cause of the characters dispute is that neither of them can express themselves clearly to one another. Although the story is basically a conversation between the American man and the girl (Jig)
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African forest elephants A scientific paper recently written by Turkalo et al, Slow intrinsic growth rate in forest elephants, indicates that the recovery of African forest elephants, Loxodonta cyclotis, from poaching will require several decades. This species of African elephant has been experiencing continual population declines driven by illegal killing (poaching) and natural habitat range loss. These scientists completed the 1st ever demographic study on African forest elephant populations. Since
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Elephants are largely known as the world's biggest land mammals. A mature elephant is approximately 6300 kilograms in weight, and is up to 3.5 meters in height. There are two scientifically recognized species of elephants; the African elephant and the Asian elephant. The names of the two types of elephants correspond with the parts of the world where they largely live. The Asian elephant is the smaller of the two species. Interestingly, only the male Asian elephants have tusks. These Asian elephants
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