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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

Wherever I travel in this Great Democratic Country of ours, I am struck at the morbid sight of our nation. The woefully growing poor-class struggles to make financial ends meet for a week after solemnly accepting their gross income. The relatively stable middle-class battles with monthly finances, hopes crushed at the stark differences of their net and gross salaries. Lastly, the targeted upper-class, the nation’s financial powerhouse, feels the injustice of scandals against them regarding avoidance of taxes. It is impossible to go anywhere without feeling the resentment on payday, when all see the cuts from taxes and insurances. It isn’t hard to know the reason for these cuts. On the contrary, it is quite the elephant in our country: national

In the feature article "Wooly Mammoth DNA inserted into Elephant cells," the author, Tanya Lewis, explains scientist opinion about cloning a hybrid mammoth-elephant. According to the article scientist decided to insert the Mammoth DNA in a lab-grown elephant cell. The article claims that scientist not only used the DNA of a mammoth they have also used Tasmanian tiger, Pyrenean ibex and a passenger pigeon before. According to Scientist these animals are all candidates for de-extinction, by cloning them they could bring them back from extinction. Scientist The article suggest that if this experiment works this could save elephants from humans and help as many endangered species improve their long-term viability.

The Sumatran elephant is a critically endangered animal whose continued existence is being threatened due to conflict with humans. The Sumatran elephant’s scientific name is Elephas Maximus Sumatranus, and it is a subspecies of the Asian Elephant. The Sumatran elephant is in the kingdom Animalia, the phylum Chordata, the class Mammalia, the order Proboscidea, the family Elephantidae, the genus Elephas, and the species Elephas Maximus.

These trunks have about 100,000 muscles in them, which is what allows them to complete extraordinary tasks, such as lifting tree trunks. This unique feature is also used for breathing, trumping, and grabbing the next meal. Now that I have talked about the physical features of elephants, I am going to talk about their diets. Elephants are herbivores. This mean that they are not meat eaters. Their diet typically consist of plants, roots, fruits, and tree bark. According to the National Geographic, “an adult elephant can consume up to 300 pounds of food in a single day.” This is about 55 times the amount the average human can eat in a day. In addition to the 300 pounds of food they eat, an elephant can drink about 50 gallons of water in a single day. Because elephants eat and drink so much throughout the day, they tend to not sleep as much as other animals. Since I have now explained some of the unique physical features of African elephants and their diets, I am going to talk about the main reason African elephants are becoming a threatened species. A threatened species is one that could become extinct in the near future. The main reason for

In order to preserve and increase the number of the elephants in Asia, these animals should be protected and reintroduced to the wild and their habitats must be restored and expanded.

Sadly those aren’t the only dangers that elephants suffer from, this breed of elephant almost went extinct due to poachers and forced the government to place a world-wide hunting ban on them in 1989. Along with the massive tusks, the elephant has a long extension of their nose called a trunk that they also use in self-defense. Because of it containing forty-thousand muscles and tendons they also use their trunk to pick up food, suck up water, and also to preform a sort of elephant sign

Asian elephants have been integral to the history of Asia and India, proving to be useful in many things such as warfare and construction. Asian Elephants are huge mammals that can weigh up to 6 tons, shoulder height of 10 feet, and 21 feet from head to tail. Their size and strength are very useful in hauling things such as logs and are a military might unrivaled for thousands of years. They can live up to 60 years but the

What species performs burials, has the ability to cry, and form many complex relationships throughout their lives? Elephants. Since many individuals might have guessed humans or primates first, this one question shows the complexity of this species. Transition This paper tries to answer one main question: How does elephant behavior, both in captive and wild settings, provide data that can lead to evidence-based practices for building captive enclosures, daily activities, and help with conservation practices, both in captivity and in the wild. For this discussion, I am going to focus on the family, Elephantidae, as a whole. Though some might argue that the genus’ Loxodonta (African) and Maximus (Asian) should be analyzed separately, I find the

In Sri Lanka, Lucy lived a simple, but full life like any other elephant. She had luscious, green forests to explore while foraging for fresh vegetation, a warm and comfortable climate suitable for elephants, and most importantly, she had other elephants to socialize with. These things are essential to any elephant’s physical and psychological well-being (“Get Elephants Out of Zoos”). Unfortunately, these ideal

The study and research of reproduction in elephants is increasingly critical in consideration of the quickly dwindling population numbers and estimates. The current Asian elephant population is estimated to lie between 50,000-70,000 across the world, with 15,000 of these individuals in captivity. African elephant population numbers are low as well after serious culling through hunting and poaching. These numbers make the low reproduction rates a great concern as elephants do not currently sufficiently reproduce at an adequate rate to sustain population size.12

The Asian elephant is very intelligent. “It is one of the only land mammals known to recognize itself in the mirror” (Asian Elephant). Asian elephants are much smaller than African elephants and they have much smaller ears and tusks. “ They are also very social, forming groups of six to eight elephants which is lead by an older female called a matriarch” (Asian Elephant). There are three subspecies, the Indian elephant, the Sumatran elephant and the Sri Lankan elephant. Their tusks are worth a fortune on the black market. With male elephants having larger tusks they are more at risk to being poached. Which is one of the main reasons they are becoming extinct. They are being killed and people are collecting their tusks for money.

To help save the Asian Elephant populations, Melbourne Zoo has set up the Cooperative Conservation Breeding Program. The aim of their program is to create an insurance population of the species. Since the establishment of this breeding program in 2006, three pregnancies have been achieved. For these breeding programs to be successful the Zoo needs to set up an environment that each elephant feels comfortable in.

After five years of rearing the young elephants, the mother gives birth to a new infant weaning the now adolescent calf at the same time. The subspecies of the elephants are African and Asian. In Africa there is two different species, the African bush elephant, and the African forest elephant. In Asia they just have the Asian elephant. In the early times of 2000 b.c. elephants because of the size they were they helped build. Many experts believe that the mammoth which is now

After five years of rearing the young elephants, the mother gives birth to a new infant weaning the now adolescent calf at the same time. The subspecies of the elephants are African and Asian. In Africa there is two different species the African bush elephant, and the African forest elephant. In Asia they just have the Asian elephant. In the early times of 2000 b.c. elephants because of the size they were they helped building. Many experts believe that the mammoth which is