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In 2009, Bolivia became the first country to banish animal abuse and harm in circuses. [2] The United States of America is the only country in the world that has banned killing horses for consumption, [citation needed] and India have banned killing cows for consumption in some of its states. [citation needed]
There are currently around 415,000 African elephants in the world (African bush and African forest combined), but there are only approximately 40,000 to 50,000 Asian elephants left.
The brain of an elephant weighs 4.5–5.5 kg (10–12 lb) compared to 1.6 kg (4 lb) for a human brain. [77] It is the largest of all terrestrial mammals. [78] While the elephant brain is larger overall, it is proportionally smaller than the human brain. At birth, an elephant's brain already weighs 30–40% of its adult weight.
Elephant is a science book by L. Sprague de Camp, published by Pyramid Books in July 1964 as part of The Worlds of Science series. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The cover title is Elephant: The Fascinating Life Cycle of the World's Largest Land Animal .
Caitlin Elizabeth O'Connell-Rodwell (born 1965) is an American conservation biologist and author. [1] She is an instructor at Harvard Medical School, scientific consultant, co-founder and chief executive officer of Utopia Scientific, and an expert on elephants.
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The New World gomphothere genera Notiomastodon and Cuvieronius dispersed into South America during the Pleistocene, around or after 2.5 million years ago as part of the Great American Biotic Interchange due to the formation of the Isthmus of Panama, becoming widespread across the continent. [28]