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  2. African bush elephant - Wikipedia

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    African bush elephants' consumption of woody plants, particularly their habit of uprooting trees, has the ability to alter the local environment, transforming woodlands into grasslands. [47] African bush elephants also at times consume fruit and serve as seed dispersers. [48] Adults can consume up to 150 kg (330 lb) of food per day. [49]

  3. African elephant - Wikipedia

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    Skeleton of Jumbo, a young African bush elephant bull, compared to a human. The African bush elephant is the largest terrestrial animal. Under optimal conditions where individuals are capable of reaching full growth potential, mature fully grown females are 2.47–2.73 m (8 ft 1 in – 8 ft 11 in) tall at the shoulder and weigh 2,600–3,500 kg ...

  4. Elephant - Wikipedia

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    African bush elephant skeleton. Elephants are the largest living terrestrial animals. The skeleton is made up of 326–351 bones. [34] The vertebrae are connected by tight joints, which limit the backbone's flexibility. African elephants have 21 pairs of ribs, while Asian elephants have 19 or 20 pairs. [35]

  5. Why Elephants Have the Longest Pregnancies on Earth - AOL

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    Twinning, or, having two babies per pregnancy, is extremely rare in elephants. Elephant gestations result in twins about 1% of the time. Unfortunately, even when both calves survive birth, both ...

  6. Elephant Trunks: A Unique Adaptation for Feeding, Sensing ...

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    Due to this fascination, elephants can be found everywhere in popular media, children’s books, and of course, zoos! Another reason Elephant Trunks: A Unique Adaptation for Feeding, Sensing, and ...

  7. Afrotheria - Wikipedia

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    Afrotheria (/ æ f r oʊ ˈ θ ɪər i ə / from Latin Afro-"of Africa" + theria "wild beast") is a superorder of placental mammals, the living members of which belong to groups that are either currently living in Africa or of African origin: golden moles, elephant shrews (also known as sengis), otter shrews, tenrecs, aardvarks, hyraxes, elephants, sea cows, and several extinct clades.

  8. Category:African elephants - Wikipedia

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    Articles related to the African elephants (genus Loxodonta), a group comprising two living elephant species, the African bush elephant (L. africana) and the smaller African forest elephant (L. cyclotis). Both are social herbivores with grey skin.

  9. First second-generation African elephant born at Disney's ...

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    There’s a new addition at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Bay Lake, Florida, and she weighs a whopping 218 pounds. An African elephant calf named Corra was recently born at the resort, making her ...