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2. Elephant - Wikipedia

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   There were 13,000–16,500 working elephants employed in Asia in 2000. These animals are typically captured from the wild when they are 10–20 years old, the age range when they are both more trainable and can work for more years. [159] They were traditionally captured with traps and lassos, but since 1950, tranquillisers have been used. [160]

3. African forest elephant - Wikipedia

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   WCS.org: Forest Elephant Program; ARKive .org: Images and movies of the forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) BBC Wildlife Finder - video clips from the BBC archive; PBS Nature: Tracking Forest Elephants Archived 2008-05-03 at the Wayback Machine; Elephant Information Repository Archived 2009-03-18 at the Wayback Machine — in-depth resource on ...

4. 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.

5. Elephant at Oakland Zoo Eats Huge Pumpkin in One Bite ... - AOL

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   So, what do elephants eat in the wild? Their diet is quite varied and includes grasses, small plants, bushes, fruit, twigs, and roots. They eat tree bark to help digest all of that food, and it ...

6. Elephantidae - Wikipedia

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   Elephantidae is a family of large, herbivorous proboscidean mammals collectively called elephants and mammoths. These are large terrestrial mammals with a snout modified into a trunk and teeth modified into tusks. Most genera and species in the family are extinct. Only two genera, Loxodonta (African elephants) and Elephas (Asian elephants), are ...

7. Ailing, 53-year-old female elephant euthanized at Los Angeles Zoo

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   A 53-year-old Asian elephant has been euthanized at the Los Angeles Zoo after she was unable to stand up, the zoo announced Thursday. ... Elephants in the wild can live decades longer. Asian ...

8. The Critical Role of Elephants in Ecosystem Balance (and What ...

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   Only four other countries in Asia have more than 2,000 wild elephants, including Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka. Are Elephants Endangered? According to the IUCN , all elephant species ...

9. Borneo elephant - Wikipedia

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   This custom had been discontinued by the time later visitors arrived in Brunei in the 1770s, who reported wild-living elephant herds that were hunted by local people after harvest. Despite the early records of royal elephants in Brunei and Banjarmasin, there was no tradition of capturing and taming local wild elephants in Borneo. [2]