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Elephant social animal

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By Sanju ShrivastavPublished about a year ago 5 min read
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Elephant lives in forests and is a vegetarian animal. Though the favorite food of elephant is sugarcane but it also eats green leaves, bananas, banana trees, plants, walnuts etc. An elephant can eat up to 100 to 150 kg of food and drink up to 100 to 150 liters of water in a whole day. Elephant can live for 100 to 120 years. Elephant is found in the dense forests of the states of Assam, Mysore, Tripura etc. in India.Elephant is one of the largest and strongest animals in the world. Elephant is not only powerful but also intelligent animal. By the way, if we see, elephant is counted among wild animals, but it is trained and made a pet and is prepared to carry heavy goods and to show sports in the circus. Elephant has been considered a royal animal, because in ancient times elephant used to be the ride of kings and emperors.It can also be more than 10 feet in height. Its skin is very thick and hard and its color is dark gray. White colored elephant is also found in many places, but white colored elephant is very rare.

Elephant's specialty: - The trunk.specialty of an elephant is that it drinks water and eats food from its trunk. An elephant can store about eight to nine liters of water in its trunk. An elephant can easily lift a weight of up to 350 kg at a time. There are a total of 24 teeth in the elephant's mouth and there are also two long and sharp white teeth on either side of its trunk.Elephants generally co-exist peacefully with other herbivores, who will generally stay out of their way.

Elephant mirrors display self-recognition, a sign of self-awareness and cognition that has also been demonstrated in some apes and dolphins.Elephant lives in forests and is a vegetarian animal. Though the favorite food of elephant is sugarcane but it also eats green leaves, bananas, banana trees, plants, walnuts etc. An elephant can eat up to 100 to 150 kg of food and drink up to 100 to 150 liters of water in a whole day. Elephant can live for 100 to 120 years. Elephant is found in the dense forests of the states of Assam, Mysore, Tripura etc. in India.


The importance of elephant :- The importance of elephant is not from today but from mythological times. When motor vehicles and vehicles did not exist, people used elephants to move from one place to another. People still use elephants to carry heavy goods and cargo. Elephant can easily lift the wood of the heaviest tree. An elephant can do many things.

Elephants are widespread throughout sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia and are found in a variety of habitats, including savannas, forests, deserts, and swamps. They are herbivores, and live near water when it is accessible. They are considered keystone species because of their impact on their environment.

Elephant is used in many ways. In earlier times, people used to hunt by sitting on elephants and elephants were also used in war. Due to the large body of the elephant and due to the hardness of the skin of the elephant, weapons did not have a serious effect on its body. Elephant is a very useful animal. Even after death, the elephant is useful to humans. After the death of the elephant, many types of expensive idols are made from its teeth and bones, which have a good price in the market.

Elephants are regarded as popular memory. It may have a factual basis; They probably have cognitive maps that allow them to remember large scale spaces over long periods of time. Individuals appear to be able to keep track of the current location of their family members.

connection with humans :-S cientists debate the extent to which elephants feel emotion. They show interest in bones of their own kind, whether they are related or not. Like chimpanzees and dolphins, a dying or dead elephant may receive attention and support from other people, including other groups. This has been interpreted as expressing "concern";

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Elephants have been working animals since at least the Indus Valley Civilization and continue to be used in modern times. In 2000 there were 13,000–16,500 working elephants employed in Asia. These animals are usually caught from the wild when they are 10–20 years old, when they can be trained quickly and easily, and will have a long working elephants perform tasks such as hauling loads in remote areas, carrying logs across rivers and roads, carrying tourists around national parks, pulling wagons, and leading religious processions.

Historically, elephants were considered a formidable weapon of war. They were equipped with armor to protect their sides, and if they were large enough their teeth were given sharp points of iron or brass. War elephants were trained to capture an enemy soldier and toss the rider over him, or to pin the soldier to the ground and crucify him.In his Indian campaign of 326 BC, Alexander the Great encountered elephants for the first time and suffered heavy casualties.

Elephants were historically kept for performance in cages in ancient Egypt, China, Greece and Rome. In the modern era, elephants have traditionally been a staple of zoos and circuses around the world. In the circus, they are trained to perform tricks. The most famous circus elephant was probably Jumbo (1861 – 15 September 1885), who was a major attraction in the Barnum and Bailey Circus.Elephants may exhibit aggressive behavior and engage in destructive acts against humans.

conclusion :- conclusion
Overall, elephant rearing is not an easy thing, but those who keep and protect elephants, we should always respect such people. It is also seen that due to the destruction of forests, the population of elephants is also decreasing. If we don't want the elephant population to disappear, we have to save our forests and environment.

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Sanju Shrivastav

New - Knowing about new things and understanding is my hobby.Things, I understand, I know. Then expresses their opinion about them.

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