Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of pachyderm, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea in the class Mammalia. Elephantidae has three living species: the African Bush Elephant, the African Forest Elephant (until recently known collectively as the African Elephant), and the Asian Elephant (also known as the Indian Elephant). Other species have become extinct since the last ice age, which ended about 10,000 years ago.
Elephants are mammals, and the largest land animals alive today. The elephant's gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. At birth it is common for an elephant calf to weigh 120 kg (265 lb). An elephant may live as long as 70 years, sometimes longer. The largest elephant ever recorded was shot in Angola in 1956. It was male and weighed about 12,000 kg (26,400 lb).[1] The smallest elephants, about the size of a calf or a large pig, were a prehistoric variant that lived on the island of Crete until 5000 BC, possibly 3000 BC.
Elephants are increasingly threatened by human intrusion, with the African elephant population plummeting from 1.3 million in 1970 to roughly 600,000 in 1989, to 272,000 in 2000 and then to between 400,000 and 660,000 in 2003.[2] The elephant is now a protected species worldwide, placing restrictions on capture, domestic use, and trade in products such as ivory.
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2006-11-24 00:27:30
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answered by catzpaw 6
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Elephants make good pets for cartoon characters
2006-11-29 16:29:34
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answered by gannibus 2
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Elephants are intelligent animals and show signs of having genuine, human-like feelings and emotions.
2006-11-22 02:39:07
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answered by Professor Armitage 7
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~~~I would definatly write about how the elephant is in danger due to the poachers for their tusks,,,,Your title could be: ,,,,
"The Birth, the Life , and the Death of the Elephant"
Birth meaning where they originated, the life meaning the everyday struggles they go threw to survive and the death would be the death by the poachers,,,,
2006-11-21 18:04:48
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answered by ~~Penny~~ 5
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the statement should be about how elephant are the biggest but one of the most gentle creatures on earth.or maybe there characteristics of there body.{big ears,trunk,outgrown teeth or tusks,there sound,there big feet}and how they are useful to them
2006-11-21 18:10:20
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answered by Anonymous
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you could do a report on the differences betweent he african and asian elephant
2006-11-21 20:26:34
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answered by Anonymous
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