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  2. African bush elephant - Wikipedia

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    The elephants collapsed when the toxin impaired their motor functions and their legs became paralysed. Poaching, intentional poisoning, and anthrax were excluded as potential causes. [84] Elephants may also be host for a variety of parasites and bacteria such as Pasteurella, [85] Salmonella, Clostridium, [86] coccidian, nematode, and trematode ...

  3. African elephant - Wikipedia

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    Elephants have four molars; each weighs about 5 kg (11 lb) and measures about 30 cm (12 in) long. As the front pair wears down and drops out in pieces, the back pair moves forward, and two new molars emerge in the back of the mouth. Elephants replace their teeth four to six times in their lifetimes.

  4. Asian elephant - Wikipedia

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    Rhythmic swaying behaviour is not reported in free ranging wild elephants and may be symptomatic of psychological disorders. About half of the global zoo elephant population is kept in European zoos, where they have less than half (18.9 years) the median life span of conspecifics (41.6 years) in protected populations in range countries. This ...

  5. Captive elephants - Wikipedia

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    An elephant painting A temple elephant being washed at a Hindu temple in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu Elephant from Wirth's Circus in a Sydney street parade (1938). Elephants have the largest brains of all land animals, and ever since the time of Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, [13] have been renowned for their cognitive skills, with behavioural patterns shared with humans.

  6. Zookeepers Teach Pregnant Elephant Exercises to Help Her ...

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    Fewer than a third of the elephants in captivity are still young enough to reproduce, and the first live births of captive elephants didn’t even happen in America until the 1960s.

  7. African Elephant Reunited With Her Sisters After More Than a ...

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    An African Elephant named Madhubala was finally reunited with her sisters after 15 years. Madhubala experienced poor conditions in captivity at Karachi Zoo in Pakistan.After the death of her other ...

  8. List of maximum animal lifespans in captivity - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of maximum recorded animal lifespans in captivity. Only animals from the classes of the Chordata phylum are included. [1] On average, captive animals (especially mammals) live longer than wild animals.

  9. Moment Elephant Walks Without Chains for First Time in 41 ...

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    Mare Noi was rescued from captivity recently, and luckily for us a new viral video shows her taking her first steps without chains in 41 years. Aaron Jackson has been documenting the many ...