2007-12-31 10:40:42 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Because they just do...
2007-12-31 10:43:49 · answer #1 · answered by Jackie 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Thermoregulation.
2007-12-31 20:55:09 · answer #2 · answered by jarlee2040 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are two types of elephants still living on Earth.
The African elephant has the bigger ears that are used as fans and as a radiator.
The Asian elephant has the smaller ears.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant
As for other types of elephants, I would like to see mammoths and mastodons cloned one day.
2007-12-31 19:12:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
So they can fly!
Actually, I think it's to keep them cooler. There ears are quite thin, with lots of blood vessels near the surface, so they can lose lots of body heat through their ears.
2007-12-31 18:49:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
to fly...Dumbo!
2007-12-31 18:49:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Born with them. Its part of their genetics just as we have ours.
2007-12-31 18:47:36 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ears of an elephant keep it cool. There is a large supply of blood that goes through their ears and this keeps them cool.
2007-12-31 18:47:02 · answer #7 · answered by Mango 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To help Keep them cool. I think what happens is that blood is sent to their ears which can easily lose heat so that when it goes back to the rest of the body, it's cool again.
2007-12-31 18:47:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Their ears are full of blood vessels this allows the blood to cool down like a radiator in a car does, and yes they can fan their bodies and also it helps funnel sound into the ears
2007-12-31 18:46:22 · answer #9 · answered by Matt D 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the warm blood flows to the ears and this cools over a wide area like the elephants ears thats why there so big no other reason other than this not used as fans or to hear you better
2007-12-31 18:45:58 · answer #10 · answered by JJ N 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Blood vessels run through their ears, as they move them it cools the blood. Its kinda like air conditioning for animals, Cool Huh
2007-12-31 18:44:47 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋