The habits of African elephants, the habits of Asian elephants?

Groups of the upper classes of Africa, large and small.

Asian elephantsLikes to live in groups, with several or dozens of heads per herd, is led by an adult female as the leader of the herd, has no fixed residence, and has a wide range of activities.

Elephant because of less hair, easy to get sick, so need to take a bath or do mud bath often, elephant skin thick, wrinkles, some wrinkles up to more than ten centimeters deep, light gray, because the mud bath sometimes looks like the reddish brown of the earth, brown eyes long eye hair, there is a rare albino image, white elephant eyes are generally blue.

Elephants normally walk 3 to 6 kilometers a day to forage for food, but they can run quickly and reach speeds of up to 36 kilometers per hour.

Species distribution of Asian elephants:

The Asian elephant is mainly distributed in 13 countries including India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia, covering about 440,000 square kilometers of land in Southeast Asia and South Asia.

In ancient times, they were active from the two river basins in West Asia to the Yellow River basin in China in the east. At present, only the area of Xishuangbanna in Yunnan Province can be found in China.

China distribution: China distribution is the edge of its distribution area, which has been recorded in Xishuangbanna (Mengla, Jinghong) and Jiangcheng in southern Yunnan; Ximeng (Yuesong), Cangyuan (Nanluanhe) in southwestern Yunnan and Yingjiang (Nabangba) in western Yunnan.

Worldwide: India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Malaysia.

The above content refers to the encyclopedia of Asian elephants.

Elephants inhabit a variety of habitats, especially jungles, grasslands and river valleys. They live in groups, and the males occasionally live alone. Feeds on plants, eating a large amount, with a daily diet of more than 225 kg.

The lifespan is about 80 years. Ivory has always been used as a valuable carving material, but it is expensive, so elephants have been hunted indiscriminately and their numbers have dropped dramatically.

Elephant due to less hair, easy to get sick, so need to take a bath or mud bath often, elephant skin thick, wrinkles, some wrinkles up to more than ten centimeters deep, light gray, because the mud bath sometimes looks like the reddish brown of the earth, brown eyes long eye hair, there is a rare albino image, white elephant eyes are generally blue.

Elephants regularly feed on rocks or mud rich in mineral salts to replenish their salt and nutrients. They are also particularly fond of bathing, and there are many types of baths: clean water baths, mud baths, dust baths, etc.

African elephants are native to Africa and can live in a variety of natural environments, from sea level to 5,000 meters above sea level, including forests, open grasslands, grasslands, thorn thickets, and semi-arid jungles.

Historically, African elephants inhabited the jungle lowlands south of the Sahara Desert, but due to human encroachment and expanding agricultural land, their habitat is now limited to forests, scrublands and savannahs in national parks and reserves.

African elephantsCompared to humans, they are much larger and heavier than humans. The African elephant is as tall as two people standing up. African elephants are the world's largest land creatures, weighing more than seven tonnes and weighing no more than 60 to 70 kilograms, equivalent to the weight of more than 100 people.

African elephants are mammals.

Man is also a mammal, the difference is that the African elephant has a low IQ, while man is the spirit of all things, is highly intelligent, thoughtful, and can create, and the high civilization of human beings has also transformed the world.

Morphological characteristics

African elephants are extant terrestrial.

The largest of the mammals, larger than the Asian elephant.

Slightly larger, it can be passed through as large as a pu fan.

's ears distinguish it from Asian elephants. Asian elephants have rounder and smaller ears. Elephant ears can dissipate heat and keep their bodies cool, but sometimes the temperature on the continent is just too high, so African elephants need very large ears to dissipate heat.

Elephants have an innate affinity for water and like to suck water into their trunks and spray it all over their bodies. After that, they often spray the ** with a protective layer of soil.

The elephant's long trunk is not only used to smell, breathe, blow trumpet, and drink, but also to grasp things, especially good food. The elephant trunk alone has about 100,000 muscles.

The African elephant has 2 finger-like protrusions at the end of its proboscis and is very sensitive and dexterous and can be used to grasp small things, while the Asian elephant has only one. Both male and female African elephants have tusks.

Go find food and water, tear the bark off the trunk.

The differences between African elephants and Asian elephants are: different noses, different habitats, and different body types.

1. The nose is different:

The snout of the Asian elephant is the longest of the living animals, and is actually an extension of the snout and upper lip, with a smooth surface that droops all the way to the ground. The long snout of the African elephant is not only used to smell, breathe, blow trumpets and drink water, but also to grasp things, especially good food. The elephant trunk alone has about 100,000 muscles.

2. Different habitats:

Asian elephants inhabit tropical rainforests, monsoon forests, valleys, hillsides, savannas, bamboo forests and wide areas in southern Asia. It often wanders in valleys, riversides, bamboo forests, and broad-leaved mixed forests below 1,000 meters above sea level. They like to live in groups, ranging from a few heads to dozens of heads in each group, and often form an obvious elephant road after wandering in the forest.

Native to Africa, African elephants can live in a variety of natural environments, from sea level to 5,000 metres above sea level, including forests, open grasslands, meadows, thorn bushes and semi-arid jungles.

3. Different body types:

Asian elephants are relatively smaller than African elephants, generally speaking, Asian elephants are about 6 meters long, generally about meters tall at the shoulders, and weigh 2,000 to 6,000 kilograms. The African elephant is about 7 meters long, generally about 3 meters tall at the shoulder, and weighs 2,700-6,000 kilograms.

The difference between Asian elephant and African elephant is body size, ears, head shape, nose, **.

1. Body type.

In addition to the difference in ivory, the most obvious difference is in size. Elephants are the largest mammals on land, and their supremacy is unshakable. But "within the family", the African elephant is still slightly larger than the Asian elephant.

Adult African elephants can reach a height of up to 4 meters. Asian elephants are slightly shorter in height, about meters.

African elephants can weigh up to tons, while Asian elephants weigh only 6 tons. The weight difference between the two is equivalent to the combined weight of 20 adults. Overall, Asian elephants are smaller than African elephants. In addition, Asian elephants have arched backs and larger bellies compared to African elephants.

2. Ears.

Their ears are a little different. African elephants have significantly larger ears than Asian elephants. First, we need to understand the function of elephant ears.

Elephants move in groups on the scorching African savannah, but they don't sweat profusely or collapse from heat stroke. This is mainly due to their large ears that fan and fan.

Their ears are excellent heat dissipation. Not only are their ears thinner, but they are also covered with capillaries. When blood flows through the ears, it cools down, and fanning the ears speeds up heat dissipation.

The bigger the ears, the better the heat dissipation. The ears of the African elephant are 60 centimeters long, and an adult male African elephant has about 380 liters of blood in his body, which can flow through the ears in 20 minutes at the ear to complete the cooling.

3. Head shape.

In addition to body size and ears, the most easily noticeable difference between African and Asian elephants is about head shape. African elephants have a rounder head, while Asian elephants look more like they have a brain gate.

4. Nose.

Look at the finger-like protrusions at the end of the elephant's trunk. Asian elephants have only one "finger" on their trunks, so they can only perform simple grasping movements and roll food into their mouths. African elephants, on the other hand, have two "fingers", so they can grasp leaves and grass more flexibly and put them in their mouths.

5、**。

If you look closely, you'll see that the African elephant is flabby and has more folds, while the Asian elephant is a bit more "smooth". But you must not think that the African elephant is not sensitive to sagging and wrinkles. In fact, as creatures like African elephants, their ** is still relatively thin, only 2 to 4 centimeters.

Not only is it thin, but it is also very sensitive, and you can even feel a fly falling on your body.