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Female Asian elephants tend to have more fluid social associations. [101] In Sri Lanka, there appear to be stable family units or "herds" and larger, looser "groups". They have been observed to have "nursing units" and "juvenile-care units". In southern India, elephant populations may contain family groups, bond groups, and possibly clans.
Both male and female African elephants have tusks that grow from deciduous teeth called tushes, which are replaced by tusks when calves are about one year old. Tusks are composed of dentin , which forms small diamond-shaped structures in the tusk's center that become larger at its periphery. [ 25 ]
The king and his elephant grew up together. (A Sri Lankan elephant which was born on 25 November 2001 at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. is named after Kandula.) Lin Wang, Burmese elephant which served with the Chinese Expeditionary Force during the Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) and later moved to Taiwan with the Kuomintang army. Lin ...
The nourishment provided by the female elephant is rich in both fat and protein. Elephant milk contains 100 times more protein compared to the more familiar cow’s milk.
What makes these two baby elephants even more rare is that one is a male, and the other is a female, almost unheard of in the elephant world. Commenters all agreed that the two are adorable ...
Mali was a female Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). [1] Her exact birth date is unknown. [b] She was moved into the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage after her mother died of natural causes. [6] The Sri Lankan government gifted the elephant to then Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos. [7] The elephant was presented at Malacañang Palace. [6]
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. Shaunzi, one of two female elephants at the zoo, was ...
The effect of concrete floors on captive elephants has been shown to be detrimental, and Mona's feet were badly damaged by the so-called "Zoo-Genic Elephant Foot Disease". [4] Her outdoor enclosure was dirt-floored, but the surface had been packed hard by her continual pacing. Enrichment activities enjoyed by Mona included painting and playing ...