Asian elephant: Difference between revisions

Most of Asian elephants live in forested areas hills and mountains place. We can find them in south Asia which are China, India, and Malaysia etc. [http://www.theanimalfiles.com/mammals/elephants/asian_elephant.html] Female elephants and baby elephants usually live in herds. As I said, the oldest female elephant leads the herd and we call that the oldest elephant '''matriarch'''. Male elephants leave their herd with other same aged male elephants when they become adult. However, they leave each other again, so male elephant lives alone. Male elephant approaches to the female group for the baby. [http://www.theanimalfiles.com/mammals/elephants/asian_elephant.html]

Asian elephants are one of the biggest land animal that eat vegetable, which means they are definitely '''herbivores'''. They spend time 15 hours to 18 hours to eat and they eat around 250 kg fodders in a day. They eat many things by seasonally, and vary in different localities. They eat fruits of trees, shrubs, and wood apples etc. [http://www.thaifocus.com/elephant/anatomy.htm] However, their digestive system is inefficient, so they digest their food only 40%. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant]