These wonderful animals are elephants

in #animal6 years ago

The elephant is the largest mammal on earth. There are only two species of these animals – Asian (Indian) and African. The second is above and larger than the first. Such an adult can weigh more than 12 tons – an elephant can easily knock down a large tree with one foot.

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The Indian elephant is distinguished by the absence of tusks, if they are, then you will not see them outside. Males have tusks that can reach almost two meters in length.

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One third of the elephant's Tusk is hidden under the skull. In modern times, there are no individuals with huge tusks, because all such elephants were exterminated by hunters many decades ago, and the length of the Tusk – genetically inherited trait.

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Even today elephants are rare, which would have been the tusks of even less than half that of their ancestors. This part of the body grows throughout life and is an indicator of age.

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Elephants, as well as people, can be "left" and "right-handed" because adapt to work this or that Tusk. For this reason, one of the tusks is much shorter than the other, it wears out quickly. Elephant tusks may differ not only in length, but even form, as well as location – some tusks grow to the side.

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The ears and tusks of elephants, scientists distinguish between them. African elephant, when standing asleep, puts his heavy tusks on the thermite or bitches of wood, and in captivity rests them in the openings of the lattice or wall.

Despite its powerful appearance, the elephant is the most gentle creature. Destroying natural habitat these animals, man destroys and elephants, too,. Nature is harmonious in its inviolability. Let's appreciate these amazing creatures!

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I am madly in love with these majestic and important animals. And this time, I, as usual, withheld and took pictures of all the elephants which have only been in the Odessa shop "Epicenter".

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