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Elephant feeding on grass in Yala National Park (video) An elephant charging a dog. Elephants are classified as megaherbivores and consume up to 150 kg (330 lb) of plant matter per day. As generalists, they feed on a wide variety of food plants. In Sri Lanka's northwestern region, feeding behaviour of elephants was observed during the period of ...
The orphanage was founded to care and protect the many orphaned unweaned wild elephants found wandering in and near the forests of Sri Lanka. It was established in 1975 by the Sri Lanka Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC). [2] On 31 August 2021, a 25 year old elephant named Surangi gave birth to twin male baby elephants at the orphanage.
Few things are more adorable than a baby elephants splashing around in a tub of water, and you can almost believe that Kirkja, a female elephant who turns one year old this month, knows exactly ...
The Udawalawe Elephant Transist Home (Sinhala: උඩවලව ඇත් අතුරු සෙවණ, romanized: Udawalawa Ath Athuru Sewana) [1] is a wildlife protection facility within Udawalawe National Park in Sri Lanka that was established in 1995 by the Sri Lanka Department of Wildlife Conservation in Sri Lanka.
Wildlife veterinary officers are treating a female elephant and an injured calf who survived in the city of Giritale, Sri Lanka’s state-owned Daily News reported Thursday.
Lahugala Kitulana National Park (Sinhala: ලාහුගල-කිතුලාන ජාතික වනෝද්යානය) is one of the smallest national parks in Sri Lanka. Despite its land area, the park is an important habitat for Sri Lankan elephant and endemic birds of Sri Lanka. The national park contains the reservoirs of ...
Jayathu was an Asian elephant born sometime in 1983 in Sri Lanka. Local farmers scared away her herd and Jayathu fell into a pit but was rescued and taken into an elephant orphanage. She was later sent via airplane to the National Zoological Park in Washington D.C .
English: Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) eating in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Français : Elephas maximus maximus mangeant de l'herbe au parc national de Yala au Sri Lanka. Polski: Pasący się słoń cejloński ( Elephas maximus maximus ) w Parku Narodowym Yala w Sri Lance .