Elephants can be found widespread from Sub Saharan Africa to South Asia and Southeast Asia.
There are two types of elephants(i)African Elephants(ii)Asian Elephants.
African Elephants can be divided into
(i)Savannah Elephants (ii)Forest Elephants.
Four African Elephants being killed every hour.
Asian Elephants can be divided into four (i)Sri Lankan Elephants(ii)Indian Elephants
(iii)Sumatran Elephants(iv)Borneo Elephants.
Asian elephants are parts of Asian cultures since thousand years ago for religious festivals..transportation..and moving heavy objects.
Elephants are nocturnal and diurnal mammals with chins just like humans.
Male elephant is called bull.
Female elephant is called cow.Baby elephant is called calf.
A group of elephants is called herd or parade.
Elephants wrinkled skin helps them to regulate body temperatures..retained hydration..and lower their bodies heat.
Elephants used sand to protects their bodies from sunburnt.
Elephants sleep between two to three hours daily..eats up to 200 kgs..and lived up to 85 years.Their age is determined by their heights.
Elephants have 10 different sounds of vocalizations.Elephants can hear other elephants' calling from five miles away.
Elephants tusks contains no bones or cartilages and can grow up to seven inches per year.
Elephants used their tusks to dig roots and water..strip twigs from trees..or even fights with other elephants.
Elephants are endangered species due to the rise of poaching and wildlife trafficking..loss of habitats..human-elephants conflicts..and mistreatments in captivity.
Elephants are able to traced someone's ethnicity..gender..and age based on the sound of their voice.
Elephants expressed varieties of emotions from happy to sad and heartbroken.
Elephants revisited the bones of their deceased and touching it with their tusks.
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