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There are two broad species of elephants, the African and Asian elephants.Both sexes of African elephants still have tusks. However, a recent study revealed that many females are born tuskless ...
The second elephant calf in two weeks has been born at a California zoo. African elephant Amahle gave birth early Monday morning, according to the Fresno Chaffee Zoo. The new additions are the ...
African elephants get their name from their ears being shaped like the continent of Africa and can live to be 38 to 47 years old, the zoo’s website said. Female African elephants can weigh up to ...
Their back is convex or level. Females are usually smaller than males. 90% of tuskless males are called makhnas. Some males have tusks. [3] Sri Lankan elephants are the largest subspecies reaching a shoulder height of between 2 and 3.5 m (6.6 and 11.5 ft), weigh between 2,000 and 5,500 kg (4,400 and 12,100 lb), and have 19 pairs of ribs.
California may be the most populous state, but it will soon be losing one very big resident. After 20 years living in the Oakland Zoo, the park's last remaining African elephant, Osh, will be ...
Some amphibians (e.g. the cane toad and greater siren) aestivate during the hot dry season by moving underground where it is cooler and more humid. The California red-legged frog may aestivate to conserve energy when its food and water supply is low. [12] The water-holding frog has an aestivation cycle. It buries itself in sandy ground in a ...
Some authors choose to exclude "tetralophodont gomphotheres" from Gomphotheriidae, and instead assign them to the group Elephantoidea. [11] "Tetralophodont gomphotheres" are thought to have evolved from "trilophodont gomphotheres", and are suggested to be ancestral to Elephantidae, the group which contains modern elephants, as well as ...
Fresno Chaffee Zoo in California is celebrating the birth of another African Elephant, its second in ten days. On August 26, 2024, the Fresno Chaffee Zoo welcomed an African Elephant Calf into the ...