Elephants have a lower average body fat percentage than humans, so why are they so low?

Zoology-related journal studies have shown that elephants kept in captivity in zoos are not as healthy as elephants that grow freely in the wild, and their body fat rate is less than 10%, that is to say, we humans are much fatter than elephants, although elephants are more than two humans in terms of size, but compared with the body fat percentage, humans are fatter than elephants, as we all know, if the fat in the human body is too heavy, it is easy to lead to a series of diseases such as high fat and high blood pressure, and it will also affect human healthAt the same time, obesity is not conducive to human fertility, and if elephants are kept in captivity in zoos, they will not have as much exercise as free-growing elephants in the wild.

Elephants in captivity in zoos are generally not as healthy as elephants that grow freely in the wild, although elephants raised by humans do not have to worry about food supply, and there will be professional staff to take care of them every day, but compared with elephants that grow freely in the wild, elephants raised in zoos have a shorter lifespan, and the birth rate is getting lower and lower, so some experts have found that elephants in captivity in zoos do not have enough space for activities. As a result, they don't exercise as much as free-growing elephants in the wild, and because the zoo has an abundance of food, it will also make them heavier and heavier.

And like humans, if elephants are overweight, it will also cause a series of diseases, and even it will not be easy to have children, which is why elephants in captivity in zoos have a shorter lifespan than elephants that grow freely in the wild, and the birth rate is lower, so there are special researchers to test the body fat of elephants, give them the same food, and also let them do the same amount of exercise, and then regularly draw their blood to observe their body fat changes, Then it was found that the body fat percentage of male elephants was about 8%, while that of female elephants was 10%.

And elephants are not the same as humans, if the elephant has a lower body fat rate, the less likely it is to give birth, so the female elephant who does not give birth is because its own physique rate is too small, so some experts believe that if the fat of the elephant is too low, it may not be conducive to the fertility of the elephant, just like a human woman who is underweight, so for elephants, the birth rate of captive elephants is lower than that of free-growing elephants in the wild, not because of obesity, and at the same time, it can be seen that the reason why elephants are strong, Not because they are high in fat, but because of their size, after all, elephants have a body fat rate of only 10%.

Although elephants are very large, they have a lot of energy in their bodies, so they have less fat.

Because elephants are very large and they don't eat meat, their body fat percentage is particularly low.

Because the elephant's diet is generally vegetarian, such as bananas and plantains, these are not like us humans like to eat all kinds of meat, high-fat, high-protein foods, and elephants are always exercising.

Compared to us humans, elephantsBody fat percentageVery low indeed. The average body fat percentage of male elephants is about 10%, and that of female elephants is about 10%.

In order to ** zoo captive elephants are in poor health, the journal "Experimental Biology" speculated that this is because elephants are overweight and unhealthy, for which they studied the body fat percentage of elephants, but found that elephants generally have a low body fat percentage.

1. What is the difference between zoo captive elephants and wild elephants? The elephant is a social animal. They love to take a bath and always go to the bath in a group every two days.

Compared with elephants in captivity, wild elephants have more space to move around every day and have a more robust body. Elephants kept in captivity in zoos have better access to food than elephants living in the wild, so they also gain weight. This has also caused speculation among some scientific scholars:

Do these captive elephants also develop some obesity diseases like us humans?

This? This is where this report from Experimental Biology comes in.

Second, is it good or bad for elephants to have a low body fat percentage? In the course of the experiment, the researchers found that the low body fat percentage of elephants is not a good thing. For us, having too much body fat percentage can affect our fertility.

But for elephants, it's the opposite. Too low a body fat percentage will not only disrupt the fertility cycle of elephants, but also lead to a decrease in fertility in elephants. But that's not to say that being overweight is without risks for elephants.

In the course of the experiment, the researchers also found insulin in overweight elephants.

The level will also be higher. This and our diabetes.

There is also a bit of similarity.

Third, the situation of wild elephantsAs the largest land creature in the world, elephants were once widely distributed in:Eurasia。But with the increase of human activities, the number of elephants has also declined sharply. In China, there are fewer than 500 elephants in the wild.

Moreover, because of the serious shortage of habitat for these few elephants, human-elephant conflict is becoming more and more intense. Limited habitat and intensifying human-elephant conflict are bound to have a serious impact on the development of wild elephants. But both from the point of view of species diversity and from the point of view of the human spirit.

From the perspective of protecting elephants, everyone has a responsibility!

People have the impression that elephants are larger in size and contain more fat in their bodies, but in fact, according to studies, elephants have a body fat rate of less than 10%, which shows that elephants are really not very fat.

The body fat percentage of male elephants is about 10% for female elephants. A healthy human has a body fat percentage of about 6%-31%, so humans are much fatter than elephants.

Elephants generally have less than 10% body fat, and we can tell from these data that humans are more obese than elephants, and that an increase in elephant body fat percentage will reduce their reproductive ability.

The Journal of Experimental Biology confirmed that captive elephants have less than 10% body fat, and humans are much fatter than elephants.

It is generally below 10%, the male elephant is about 10%, the female elephant is generally at 10%, and the ratio to humans is very low.