Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Elephants have massive ears to help regulate their body temperature. They have huge blood vessels in their ears. The blood vessels are large and quite visible on the backs of the elephant’s ears.
Submissive elephants will lower their heads and trunks, as well as flatten their ears against their necks, while those that are ready to fight will bend their ears in a V shape. [ 131 ] Elephants produce several vocalisations—some of which pass though the trunk [ 132 ] —for both short and long range communication.
Flapping them creates air currents and exposes the ears' inner sides where large blood vessels increase heat loss during hot weather. The trunk is a prehensile elongation of its upper lip and nose. This highly sensitive organ is innervated primarily by the trigeminal nerve , and is thought to be manipulated by about 40,000–60,000 muscles.
Elephants may greet by making gestures intended to be seen, like spreading the ears or showing their rump, or with gestures producing distinct sounds like flapping the ears forward, or with ...
The animals' reactions demonstrated they were happy with their move, the elephants’ manager Erin Gardiner said. “The behaviors that we saw that indicated to us that they felt really comfortable and also excited to see each other were lots of ear flapping, trunk touching, lots of vocalizations,” Gardiner said.
The African bush elephant has grey skin with scanty hairs. Its large ears cover the whole shoulder, [12] and can grow as large as 2 m × 1.5 m (6 ft 7 in × 4 ft 11 in). [13] Its large ears help to reduce body heat; flapping them creates air currents and exposes large blood vessels on the inner sides to increase heat loss during hot weather. [14]
Asian elephants have large ears and long trunks. ©Dmytro Gilitukha/Shutterstock.com African elephant ears are far bigger than those of their ancestors and are said to take on the shape of Africa .
8. Why are elephants bad dancers? They have two left feet. 9. What do you get when you cross a fish with an elephant? Swimming trunks! 10. What goes down but never goes up? An elephant in an ...