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This video covers 11 Amazing Asian Elephants Facts:
The Asian Elephant (Elephas Maximus),one of three elephant species left in the world. It can be found mainly in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indochina, India and parts of Indonesia. The Asian elephant is considered endangered, with between 25,600 and 32,750 individuals left in the wild. Asian elephants belong to the family of elephants (Elephantidae), which is included in the mammal order ‘Proboscidea’. The Asian elephant was formerly called the Indian elephant.
Here are 11 Amazing Asian Elephants Facts that you might not be aware of:
Fact#1. Asian elephant size.
Asian elephant has a huge body but with ears that are smaller than others. They are smaller in overall size than the African elephant species. adult Asian elephants weigh on average between 6,000 and 12,000 pounds (2,750 and 5,420 kilograms). They typically stand 6 to 12 feet (1.8 to 3.8 meters) at the shoulder. Males are usually larger than females.
The females are smaller by a couple of feet and several thousands of pounds.
Fact#2. Asian elephant color.
Asian elephant skin is gray in color. Some parts of their skin sometimes lack color, especially on and around the ears, forehead and trunk. This de-pigmentation is believed to be controlled by genetics, nutrition and habitat, and generally develops as the elephant ages.
Fact#3. Asian elephant tusks.
Not all elephants develop visible tusks; in Asian elephants, only some males have large, prominent tusks. Most female and some male Asian elephants have small tusks, called tushes, which seldom protrude more than an inch or two from the lip line.
Fact#4. Asian elephant trunk.
Asian elephants have one small projection at the end of their trunk called a "finger," which aids with precision African elephants have two.
Fact#5. Asian elephant domestication.
Asian elephants have been domesticated for thousands of years. The powerful beasts have been employed to move heavy objects, such as felled trees, to carry humans on their backs, and even to wage war. They seem to be less aggressive towards humans than the African elephants. They are used by humans daily for working purposes and treated very well. They are also a part of various ceremonies that take place around Asia.
Fact#6. Asian elephant habitat.
Asian elephants inhabit grasslands, tropical evergreen forests, semi-evergreen forests, moist deciduous forests, dry deciduous forests and dry thorn forests, in addition to cultivated and secondary forests and scrublands.
it is believed that there are less than 50,000, between 25,600 and 32,750 individuals left in the wild. This is far less than the 400,000 African elephants out there.
Fact#7. Asian elephant and its food.
They are herbivores which means that they consume plant life. They consume extremely large quantities of it, from 300 to 600 pounds a day.
Fact#8. Asian Elephant behavior
They exhibit a wide variety of behaviours, including those associated with grief, learning, allomothering, mimicry, play, altruism, use of tools, compassion, cooperation, self-awareness, memory, and language. Elephants are reported to go to safer ground during natural disasters like tsunamis and earthquakes, although there have been no scientific records of this since it is hard to recreate or predict natural disasters.
Fact#9. Asian Elephant and reproduction
Male Asian elephants are quite solitary and only join the herd for mating seasons. Sometimes, male elephants will duel and the winner becomes the primary mating partner for the whole herd. The female Asian elephants run away for a short while, as part of a ritual, before mating with the victorious mate. The mating couple then remain together for around 3 weeks before the male heads off to the bachelor herd.
Fact#10. Asian Elephants – how long do they live?
Asian elephant can survive 60 to 70 years in the wild, but nearly 50% of Asian elephants die before the age of 15 years.
Fact#11. Asian Elephant subspecies
There are three subspecies of Asian elephant – the Sri Lankan elephant (which is the largest); the Indian elephant, which is found in 11 countries across mainland Southeast Asia; and the Sumatran elephant, which lives on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, and is sometimes called the pygmy elephant.
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