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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] | 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] | ||
<br /><br />'''Diet'''<br /> | <br /><br />'''Diet'''<br /> | ||
Asian elephants are one of the biggest land animal that eat vegetable, which means they are definitely '''herbivores'''. | Asian elephants are one of the biggest land animal that eat vegetable, which means they are definitely '''herbivores'''. Each day they spend 15 hours to 18 hours eating and will consume around 250 kg of fodder. 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] | ||
<br /><br />'''Danger'''<br /> | <br /><br />'''Danger'''<br /> | ||
Asian elephants are not brave, especially Indian elephants. Mostly they avoid their enemies instead of attacking them. However, when female elephants are with calves they are extremely dangerous to every living things. When they get mad at something, they make their trunks tight and curled up, then trample the victims with their knees or feet. When male elephants get mad, they hit the victims with their tusks. Especially, when male elephants estrus, they are super dangerous to other animals, even their fellows. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Elephant] | Asian elephants are not brave, especially Indian elephants. Mostly they avoid their enemies instead of attacking them. However, when female elephants are with calves they are extremely dangerous to every living things. When they get mad at something, they make their trunks tight and curled up, then trample the victims with their knees or feet. When male elephants get mad, they hit the victims with their tusks. Especially, when male elephants estrus, they are super dangerous to other animals, even their fellows. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Elephant] | ||
