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At the time of their arrival, the trio made up the largest group of Sri Lankan elephants in North America. [4] While residing at Calgary Zoo, she gave birth to three calves, two of which survived. [5] Calvin, [a] a male, was born in June 1986 and weighed 293 lb (133 kg), [6] while Maharani, a female, was born in 1990 [7] and weighed 150 kg (330 ...
Burma (born 1982) is an Asian elephant at Monarto Safari Park in South Australia. Born in Myanmar (then known as Burma), she lived in New Zealand's Auckland Zoo from 1990 to 2024, with the elephant Kashin until she was euthanised in 2009. From this time she was the only elephant in her enclosure until a female elephant named Anjalee arrived in ...
When comparing an elephant's vocal folds to those of a human, an elephant's are longer, thicker, and have a larger cross-sectional area. In addition, they are tilted at 45 degrees and positioned more anteriorly than a human's vocal folds. [18] From various experiments, the elephant larynx is shown to produce various and complex vibratory phenomena.
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. An elephant calf nurses ...
Newly released images from an Indonesian zoo have animal lovers up in arms this week. The heartbreaking photos show Yani, a Sumatran female elephant, sobbing moments before she passed away on ...
Female elephants usually give birth for the first time when they are between 12 and 16 years old. They continue to reproduce until they are around 50 years old, although fertility declines with age.
Female elephants are able to remember and distinguish the contact calls of female family and bond group members from those of females outside of their extended family network. They can also distinguish between the calls of family units depending upon how frequently they came across them.
On January 31, 2005 Mona's companion of 48 years, Susie, died at the zoo at age 53. Since then Mona was the zoo's sole elephant. The Elephant Sanctuary offered to relocate and house Mona at their 2,700-acre (11 km 2) facility near Hohenwald, Tennessee without charge. The "Alabama Wildlife Advocates" actively lobbied for this move, which was ...