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The Elephant Nature Park was created by a thai woman called Lek back in the 90’s after she grew tired of watching the elephants dissapearing.She started out with 4 elephants that she bought from local logging companies, and found a piece of land that the elephants could live on.Check out my travelblog at
A true sensory overload of elephants. You do tire watching them all the time, and wish for some other species to show up. Not much chance, later afternoon is prime elephant viewing time, the herds are out in force. Other animals can be spotted only in the mornings. (May/ June 2011)
she trod on each papaya to pop them (they made a *very* satisfying sound) before crunching them in her mouth.
African Elephant
Description
Body rotund ; skin nearly hairless ,grey or brownish and wrinkled.
A creature as big as a truck, with a nose as long as it's legs that functions as a siphon,snorkel (on deep water crossings),squirt-gun,trumpet,& feeding tool powerful enough to rip branches from trees but delicate enough ,with finger like projections at the tip,to pickup a pea. Such a bulky,compact body is subject to overheating , so elephants must have shade or water holes at midday . Huge,sail like ears also dissipate heat from veins lying just under the skin. Tusks which occur in both sexes are upper incisors that never stop growing.
Habitat
Rain forests to sub deserts ,swamps and sea shores
Breeding
Most mating and births occur during rainy season;1 calf born after gestation of 22 months, the LONGEST in mammals
Facts
A cohesive herd 9-11 females and their calves is the basic social unit, led by the biggest oldest cow(matriarch)
Males leave the herd at puberty, when they are 12 years old, and spend rest of their lives alternately associating with other males and wandering alone.
ELEPHANTS ARE RARE OUTSIDE RESERVES BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE HUNTING FOR TUSKS
he Indian Elephant, Elephas maximus indicus, is one of four subspecies of the Asian Elephant, the largest population of which is found in India. This subspecies is also found in Bangladesh,Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Burma/Myanmar,Pakistan, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam.
The other three subspecies of the Asian Elephant are the Sumatran Elephant (E. m. sumatranus), Sri Lankan Elephant (E. m. maximus) and Borneo Elephant (E. m. borneensis).
ndian Elephants live in or near scrub-forested areas, although their habitat may vary. They tend to be nomadic in nature and do not stay in one place for more than a few days. They can live in jungles but gravitate towards areas that contain open space and grass.
The Indian Elephant is up to 6.4 metres (21 ft) long; it is taller and thinner than the Asian elephant found in Thailand. The largest Indian Elephant was 26ft (7.88m) long, stood 11 ft (3.4 m), 9in (3.61m) at the arch of the back, and weighed 8 tons (17935 lbs). Indian elephants look similar to African elephants but they have smaller ears and shorter tusks
Elephants with broken lehgs of ill are tranported here. And they have kids - 15 of them in 2011 only!
The Elephant Nature Park was created by a thai woman called Lek back in the 90’s after she grew tired of watching the elephants dissapearing.She started out with 4 elephants that she bought from local logging companies, and found a piece of land that the elephants could live on.Check out my travelblog at
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David Sheldrick Orphan Elephants, Nairobi, Kenya, Dec 2015
The Elephant Nature Park was created by a thai woman called Lek back in the 90’s after she grew tired of watching the elephants dissapearing.She started out with 4 elephants that she bought from local logging companies, and found a piece of land that the elephants could live on.Check out my travelblog at
African Elephant
Description
Body rotund ; skin nearly hairless ,grey or brownish and wrinkled.
A creature as big as a truck, with a nose as long as it's legs that functions as a siphon,snorkel (on deep water crossings),squirt-gun,trumpet,& feeding tool powerful enough to rip branches from trees but delicate enough ,with finger like projections at the tip,to pickup a pea. Such a bulky,compact body is subject to overheating , so elephants must have shade or water holes at midday . Huge,sail like ears also dissipate heat from veins lying just under the skin. Tusks which occur in both sexes are upper incisors that never stop growing.
Habitat
Rain forests to sub deserts ,swamps and sea shores
Breeding
Most mating and births occur during rainy season;1 calf born after gestation of 22 months, the LONGEST in mammals
Facts
A cohesive herd 9-11 females and their calves is the basic social unit, led by the biggest oldest cow(matriarch)
Males leave the herd at puberty, when they are 12 years old, and spend rest of their lives alternately associating with other males and wandering alone.
ELEPHANTS ARE RARE OUTSIDE RESERVES BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE HUNTING FOR TUSKS