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  2. Dillenia indica - Wikipedia

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    Dillenia indica, commonly known as elephant apple [2]: 171 or ou tenga, [3] is a species of Dillenia native to China, India, and tropical Asia. [3] It is found in stony river banks. [2]: 171 This species was one of the many first described by Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae in 1759. [4]

  3. 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 ...

  4. Elephant - Wikipedia

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    Because most of the food elephants eat goes undigested, their dung can provide food for other animals, such as dung beetles and monkeys. [93] Elephants can have a negative impact on ecosystems. At Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda, elephant numbers have threatened several species of small birds that depend on woodlands.

  5. Indian elephant - Wikipedia

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    An Indian elephant is a megaherbivore and can consume up to 150 kg (330 lb) of plant matter per day; Pictured are wild elephants foraging on open grasslands in Munnar, Kerala. Elephant is classified as a megaherbivore and can consume up to 150 kg (330 lb) of plant matter per day. [20]

  6. Can an elephant sue to leave a zoo? Colorado’s top court must ...

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    Five elephants in a Colorado zoo could someday sue for their freedom, if the state’s Supreme Court sides with an animal rights group and declares them “persons” under the law. But first, the ...

  7. German Zoo Treats Elephants to Daily ‘Pedicures ... - AOL

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    Elephants spend almost all of their time eating grasses, leaves, shrubs, fruits and roots. In fact, adult elephants eat more than 300 pounds of food a day!

  8. Elephant meat - Wikipedia

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    Elephant meat has been consumed by humans for over a million years. One of the oldest sites suggested to represent elephant butchery is from Dmanisi in Georgia with cut marks found on the bones of the extinct mammoth species Mammuthus meridionalis, which dates to around 1.8 million years ago, [3] with other butchery sites for this species reported from Spain dating to around 1.2 million years ...

  9. Desert elephant - Wikipedia

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    Desert elephants at the dried up Huab River in Namibia Female spraying sand to keep cool while standing guard over her calf, Damaraland, Namibia. Desert elephants or desert-adapted elephants are not a distinct species of elephant but are African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana) that have made their homes in the Namib and Sahara deserts in Africa.