ELEPHANT

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Elephants are large mammals of the family Elephantidae and order Proboscidea. Two species are traditionally recognized, the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), although some evidence suggests that African bush elephants and African forest elephants are separate species (L. africana and L. cyclotis respectaively). 

Elephants can be found in Africa, on the Indian subcontinent and in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Most of those in Africa are now in game reserves. Elephants live in thorny scrub jungles, evergreen forests, swampy areas, grasslands and both dry and moist forests.

Based on their habitat, elephants are distinguished into three species; the African savanna, African forest elephant, and Asian elephant. African savanna elephant is the largest one among the three species, which may grow up to 7.500 kg in weight and stands 3 to 4 meters in height. While the African forest elephant hardly ever reaches more than 2,4 meters in height. Most Asian elephant grows near 5.500 kg in weight and stands about 3 meters tall. The ears of African elephants are considerable larger than Asian elephants that they flap to cool off their body. All of three species have grayish to brown skin color with scarce of coarse body hair. Their skin is slack, wrinkled, and incredibly thick, especially on the shoulder it may be 1 inch or 4 cm thick.

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Elephants feed on a wide variety of plant parts, such as leaves, twigs, fruit, flowers, and roots, from about eighty different plant species. They use their trunks for pulling clumps of grass out of the ground and for plucking leaves and branches from trees and bushes. Ravenous savanna and forest elephants may use their full weight to topple a tree trunk, consuming all edible parts after the tree has fallen. Wild Asian elephants consume a larger amount of grasses, counting rice than their African cousins do. Southeast Asian rice farmers must defend their crops from elephant herds on the move.

The relationship between elephants and humans dates from the ancient times and it is mentioned in several mythologies and religions. In Hinduism, Ganesha, the God who brings good fortune, has the head of an elephant. Besides that, humans also have used them in war and as work animals for centuries. In Asia, people continue to use them for transportation and as beasts of burden. The trained one performs in the circus all over the world.

The trunk is the elephant's peculiar characteristic. This trunk has diverse usages. The elephant sketches up water by its trunk and can squirt the water all over its body like a wash bathing tub. The elephant's trunk also can take leaves and put them into its mouth. In detail, the trunk serves the elephant as long arm and hand. An elephant looks very clumsy and hefty and yet an elephant can move very quickly.

The elephant is a very smart animal. Its understanding blended with its large power makes an elephant a very helpful domestic to man. An elephant can be trained to serve in diverse ways such as convey hefty burdens, hunt for tigers and even battle. An elephant is actually an intelligent animal.

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