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The African elephant's eyesight is not very good. It uses its big ears for ventilation and communication. These huge animals can weigh up to 5.4 ton. The trunk has two lobes and is the most sensitive part of the elephant's body. ... The trunk is used for breathing, smelling, drinking water, picking food,
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Essentially an animal of open grasslands, the African elephant is adaptable enough to live happily in a variety of habitats within its sub-Saharan African homeland. But wherever it lives, the elephant never strays far from ... The few teeth elephants have are used to grind their food. Once an elephant has lost all its teeth,
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Interestingly, the Asian elephant is more closely related to the extinct mammoth than to the African elephant (see evolution) ... An Elephants journey through the high grass provides food for birds by disturbing small reptiles, amphibians or insects.
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Physical Description: Two African elephant species are recognized: the larger and more widespread savanna elephant (L. africana), pictured here, and the forest elephant (L. cyclotis), ... Elephants travel widely in search of food. Movements vary depending upon food availability. African elephants communicate with rumbles,
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A wild African elephant eats over 770 pounds of food a day. The Asiatic elephant eats about 650 pounds. Elephants in zoos eat about 150 pounds of food each day.
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Home > Mammals > African Elephant ... The trunk is used to pull branches from trees, uproot grass, pluck fruit, and place food in the mouth. The trunk is also used for smell and touch, greeting, sucking up water to then convey into the mouth, and throwing dust for dust baths.
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Detailed description complete with photographs, video clips and audio clips. From the Oakland Zoo. ... Oakland Zoo | P.O. Box 5238 | 9777 Golf Links Road | Oakland, CA 94605 | © 2008 Oakland Zoo. | Login...
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The African Elephant is the largest living land animal (larger than the Asian Elephant). These mammals have ... Trunk: Elephants breathe through two nostrils at the end of their trunk, which is an extension of the nose. The trunk is also used to get water and food. To get water, the elephant sucks water into the trunk,
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It would take 165 full-grown men to make up the same weight as the world's record African elephant. The noise of an elephant digesting its food (when its tummy's growling) can be heard up to 600ft/183m away.
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