African Elephant Vs Female Asian Elephant

The official title of the world’s largest land dwelling animal belongs to the elephant, more specifically, the African elephant. Elephants also are some of the most deadly animals, which therefore increase the danger of human and elephant interactions. The more human interactions occur, the more deaths result, whether it is the elephant or the human who dies. These animals, surprisingly, are socially apt; their trunk is used for more than just eating and drinking- it is used for socializing. They are complex animals who live in large familial herds-females stay with their family throughout their entire lives while males only stay for approximately fifteen years (Elephant Protection, 1). Elephants possess a great memory and only forget what they learn occasionally and rarely, giving way to the “an elephant never forgets” saying (Maloiy, 178c). Despite how many people use the beloved saying, elephants may not be around much longer due to the shortened life span and increased mortality rates. Due to their incisor teeth, tusks, being extremely expensive and profitable, they are being murdered for the wealth they carry. This, coupled with the life span shortening because of malicious treatments and brutal practices reduces the life span of the African elephant from 56 to 16 years and the Asian elephant from 42 to 19 years (Elephant Protection, 1). According to what the statistics show, elephants may be following their ancestors to their death. Of the group of mammals called

For about twenty eight years now the Asian elephant has been struggling for existence. They have been classified as endangered species by The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Twenty eight years is quite a large amount of time for an animal to be classified as endangered so The Zoological Society of London decided to look into this issue. Asian elephants have been transferred to captivity for quite some time in the North American region. The Elephas maximus have been captured from these countries in southern Asia and brought over to North America and have experienced many complications that can hinder the genetic diversity of the evolution of the species. Captive populations of the Elephas maximus species may be essential for genetic preservation and aid in decreasing the deterioration of the authentic population (Brenneman et al. 2011).

The African Bush elephants are found in eastern and southern Africa. Some of the areas with the highest densities of the Bush elephant is: Tanzania, South African, Kenya, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia. The African Bush elephant is terrestrial. The Bush elephant usually live in the grasslands, semi-deserts and the bush lands. They also clear out forest and turn them into more of grassland, by knocking down the trees. The climate that the Bush elephant normally lives in is dry and hot. Their thin hairs and ears help them stay cool. Another way that they stay cool is that their hides become more permeable in the heat. Scientists has performed research on 13 elephants (African and Asian), they measure the release of heat and moisture. What they have found was that their skin opens up at air temperatures as low at 10°C to 12°C, this is what allows them to perspire. Elephants are different than most mammals, that sweats through glands connected to pores, elephants only have pores between their toes. Elephants do not sweat (Phillips, 1992). By all of the skin being permeable they lose more

800,000 seems like a huge number until it becomes clear that it used to be several million (“Basic Facts About Elephants”). Most would never guess that these numbers are those of the elephant population. Everyday the population gets smaller and smaller, and humans are the reason why, but also the only way to get those numbers back up. The elephant population has decreased immensely and could vanish if steps are not taken, humans are the only hope for seizing the poaching, ivory trade, and habitat takeover.

Both of these beasts belong to the same kingdom (Animalia), phylum (Chordata), sub-phylum (Vertebrata) and class (Mammalia). Meaning they are both back-boned mammalian, animals. They both have hair and give birth to live young. White rhinos (Ceratotherium simum), and Asian elephants (Elephas

Although there is a wide array of animal species that live in Asia, the Elephant is one of the most prized and sought after animal species in the continent because of its large impact on culture and society. Elephants are one of the smartest animals on the entire planet and they have a very big cultural significance also. They are very friendly with humans as well, which makes them an even more likeable animal. Their cultural significance goes back to the Buddhist days and has carried on all the way to today. Elephants are becoming an extinct animal and are an endangered species as pronounced by the IUCN. Asian elephants are herbivores and are considered the biggest land animals in all of Asia. The average life span of an Asian elephant is 60 years and they have trunks that contain 60,000 muscles, which is why they use it for so many things. Most Asian elephants have tusks, which they can use to debark trees and help protect them from various other things such as predators. The skin color of elephants is usually gray and is smoother then the skin of an African elephant.

An Asian Elephant is six and a half feet tall, twenty-one feet long, and weighs around eleven thousand pounds. Although Asian Elephants look and sound to be big they are not as big as the African Elephant their skin is also a lot smoother than African Elephants. Their color range from a dark grey color to brown, with pink patches on their forehead, ears, base of the trunk, and their chest. These elephants can live up to fifty to seventy years in the wild, but

Did you know that elephants can use different tools and understand the human body language? These skills can help elephants go through experiments in order to get a treat. The elephants needs cooperation skills in order to pull a rope at the same time with another elephant, and that allows them to get the treat. Each piece of writing and the video presents the idea of the experiment differently. In addition, all of the tones in each piece is very different, and that affects the way each piece explains the experiment. Within the article, passage, and video, each explains the test the elephants went through in different ways and tones.

There are many intelligent animals in the world, but an African elephant in North Kenya is probably way smarter than you can probably imagine. A recent study aimed at finding out whether the alarm calls by the African elephants, co-existing with the local Samburu people, can distinguish between threats from humans and bees.

In summary, there are many differences found in the pieces that revolve the same idea that elephants can be smarter than they appear. These differences can be found in the way the author presents the information, and in the author's tone. Some of the articles are more serious and fact based, while others are somewhat biased and more opinionated. To conclude, the articles are similar in the sense that they are talking about the tests the elephants took, but the differences are what give different points of view of the information and better understanding of what is going on.

1Elephants are the largest land mammals. 2There are two species of elephants. 3There are African elephants. 4There are Indian elephants. 5The African elephant is bigger. 6The African elephant has larger ears. 7The African elephant has a longer trunk. 8A male African elephant may be 13 feet tall. 9A male African elephant may be as much as 6 to 8 tons heavy on a scale. 10A male Indian elephant may be 9 feet tall. 11It may measure 3.5 tons on a scale.

An African elephant has unique features unknown to any other animal. The elephant is considered to have the best memory in the animal kingdom. Just like humans, elephants are known to remember everything and are capable of holding grudges. Studies have shown that elephants remember the trainers that have abused them in the past. As a matter of fact scientists and observers are under the impression that the elephant’s brainpower challenges and overrules a human’s intelligence.

Elephants are large mammals of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea. Three species are currently recognized. These three species are the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. All elephants have the same distinctive features which are long trunks, sharp tusks, large ear flaps, and pillar-like legs, but most people don’t notice the differences between them. Although the Asian and African elephants are very similar, they have very distinctive differences.

Satao – the world’s largest African elephant and one of the last surviving ‘great tuskers’ was found dead in Tsavo National Park, Kenya in June 2014. Satao was famous for its huge tusks that reached down to the ground. The carcass of 45-year-old elephant with its face mutilated and great tusks hacked off was left for vultures and scavengers. Poachers had killed Satao with poisoned arrows for the ivory that weighed over 100 pounds. According to the data provided by Landmark Analysis, poachers seeking ivory had killed more than 100,000 African elephants in just three years. One of the largest mass elephant slaughter in decades took place in Cameroon, in 2012 where poachers using Ak47s and grenades had killed more than 300 elephants. A

The elephant is the largest living land mammal. They can grow up to 11 feet tall and weigh 3.5 - 6.5 tons. They have very high levels of intelligence, and unique methods of communication and complex social structure.