The African Elephant

What do you think when you hear the word Africa? How is the word safari? Most people tend to think of elephants and giraffes. In this article we will talk about the important facts of the elephant, the elephant's way of living, figure, and many other interesting facts. There are two kinds of elephants: African elephant and Asian elephant (also called Indian elephant). African elephants are the larger of the two. Measured from the shoulder, African elephants average 10.8 feet (women are 9 feet) and the average length of the package is about 7 - 8 feet.

African elephants are divided into two different species: the African jungle elephant, the most common species, and the smaller African forest elephant. Jungle elephant is the world's largest terrestrial animal. In both African elephants, both male and female have ivory; these are modified to be able to grow to dozens of kilograms and are used for various basic purposes in elephant life It is an anterior tooth. These ivories are the source of ivory which is important for ivory ornaments and jewelry, but the ivory of mammoth (page 21) has also been excavated and its ivory is legally traded.

There are two kinds of elephants in the two regions of Asia and Africa. The scientific name of Asian elephant is 'Elephas Maximus', and the African elephant is 'Loxodonta'. African elephants differ from Asian elephants in various ways. It is bigger than Indian elephant, both men and women have ivory. Elephants are closely related to water. In addition to drinking water, I also like to swim in and play. It uses a trunk to extract and drink water. Once an elephant can put 4 liters of water in its trunk. In the summer, elephants spend too much time on the water. It splashs water on your body to keep your body cold

It may have been said that there are only two elephants, African elephant and Asian elephant. In 2000, scientists reclassified the species of African elephants into two different species. The bigger one is African savanna, the smaller one is African elephant. These two African species differ from tiger and lion genetics, but they have more general characteristics than Asian species, and it is important to know how to distinguish them is. Elephant's ears in Asia and Africa, head shape and ivory are most easily distinguishable.