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1. Villagers attend funeral service for elephants killed by train in India
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- Villagers attend funeral service for elephants killed by train in India.
- The mood was sombre Sunday in this small village in India's eastern Assam state as a small crowd chanted hymns and beat drums and cymbals to mourn three elephants killed by a speeding train.
- "This is how we are paying our respects to the dead animals as elephants form an integral part of our religious customs and practices," said Dharani Pegu, one of about 100 locals who had gathered for the ceremony in Chakardeo, near Guwahati, the main city in India's northeastern state of Assam.
- The three wild Asiatic elephants -- two adults and a calf -- were killed on June 21 by a speeding passenger train as they were crossing the tracks.
- "If we don't perform the rituals, we know for sure that the herds of wild elephants that roam in and around our village will trouble us," a villager said.
- At least a dozen elephants have been killed in Assam by speeding trains in the past three years. Experts say wild elephants have moved out of the jungles due to people encroaching into forests.
- "The man-elephant conflict has assumed frightening proportions as in the last three years elephants have killed at least 150 people. ...
- There are an estimated 5,500 wild elephants in Assam out of a total pachyderm population in India of about 10,000.
2. Elephant Country is a Web site with information and pictures of elephants.
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3. Asian Elephant
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- ASIAN ELEPHANTS.
- Sukumar questions about Asian elephants. ...
- Books About Elephants .
- Faithful Elephants .
- Physical Appearance: Asian elephants differ in several ways from their African relatives. ... Asian elephants are much smaller, weighing between 6,615 and 11,020 pounds at a height of about 7 to 12 feet compared to the 8,820 to 15,430 at 10 to 13 feet of the African elephant. ...
- Geographic Range: Asian elephants live in fragmented forests in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, China (extinct in wild), Malaysia, Indonesia, and Borneo. ...
- Habitat: Asian elephants live in many different habitats including open grasslands, marshes, savannas and forests. ...
- IUCN Status: Endangered The IUCN's Species Survival Commission's Asian Elephant Specialist Group estimates that there are approximately 38,000 to 51,000 wild Asian elephants. In comparison, there are more than 600,000 African elephants. ...
- Threats To Survival: The loss of habitat is the primary threat to Asian elephants. Approximately 20% of the world's population lives in or near the range of Asian elephants. The homes of these elephants are being cleared for many reasons including warfare, agricultural development, human settlement, and logging. Asian elephants are less prone to poaching (killing elephants for ivory tusks) because few males (and no females) grow tusks. ...
- Conflicts between Asian elephants and humans often occur because of habitat destruction. Sometimes there is not enough food in small forests to sustain elephants, so they look for the nearest source which is usually the field of a local farmer. ...
4. Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Selected list of references on elephants
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- Selected List of References on Elephants .
- 1981 Wild Elephants in Captivity. Center for the Study of Elephants, Carson, California. ...
- (Efforts to protect Sri Lanka's elephants. ...
- 1959 Elephants; a Short Account of their Natural History, Evolution and Influence on Mankind. ...
- 1991 Elephants - Out of Time, Out of Space. ...
- (Section on elephants: pp. ...
- 1975 Among the Elephants. ...
- 1980 Africa's Elephants-Can they Survive. ...
- 1982 Elephants. ... (A comprehensive reference: reviews the anatomy, physiology, social organization, reproduction, natural history, and population dynamics of elephants. ...
- 1994 Elephants and Whales: Resources for Whom? Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, Basel, Switzerland. ... (Rare mammals with an emphasis on elephants and whales; wildlife conservation. ...
- 1991 Mammoths, Mastodonts, and Elephants: Biology, Behavior, and the Fossil Record. ... (Summary of taxonomy and classification of living and extinct elephants; physical appearance; listing of frozen mammoth carcasses; much factual information on fossil elephants. ...
- 1997 Elephants. ...
5. Elephant campaign - Elefriends - main menu
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6. Africa Safaris: Tembe Elephant National Park and Safari Lodge
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- Situated in Maputaland, the north -eastern region of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, adjoining the Mozambique border, Tembe Elephant National Park is home to over 150 African elephants and a rich diversity of wildlife - including the black rhino, white rhino, buffalo, hippo, leopard and various antelope species (four of the Big Five). ...
- "The Friends of the Tembe Elephants Club"!.
- Experience the majesty of the largest and only indigenous African elephant herd (more than 150 elephants!) in KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa - and so much more.
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7. World Almanac for Kids
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- African and Indian Elephants .
- Present-day elephants consume as much as 225 kg (495 lb) of forage a day in this manner and drink as much as 190 liters (50 gal) of water, drawing it through their nostrils and squirting it into the mouth. ... By means of fingerlike lobes on the end of the trunk and by the sucking action of the two nostrils, elephants can pick up and examine small objects.
- Elephants have only four molar or grinding teeth, one to each side of the upper and lower jaws; each is a massive plate about 30 cm (about 12 in) long and 10 cm (4 in) wide. When worn down by the coarse vegetation elephants eat, these teeth are replaced by larger ones that shift forward from the rear of the jaws. ... Elephants have the same longevity as humans.
- African and Indian Elephants.
- Despite their great weight, which in African elephants reaches 7000 kg (15,400 lb) and in Indian elephants reaches 5000 kg (11,000 lb), elephants walk almost noiselessly and with exceptional grace, their columnar legs keeping their bulk moving forward in smooth, rhythmic strides. ... Elephants normally walk about 6. ...
- Observers first noted in the 1980s that elephants produce, with their nasal passages, rumbling sounds below the range of human hearing. ...
- Elephants are gregarious and keenly sensitive to one another’s calls and movements. ... Herds of Indian elephants are usually made up of females, immature elephants, and one old bull; those of African elephants also include mature bulls. ... Elephants commonly feed in the morning, evening, and at night, and rest during the middle of the day. ...
- Cow elephants mate by their 18th year, usually with a bull that is able to contend with other bulls in the herd. ... Calves are vunerable to leopards and tigers, which are among the few predators of elephants. ...
- Although African elephants can be trained, the Indian elephant has by far the longer tradition of service to humans. Indian elephants are still used for logging, especially in mountainous terrain, and were probably employed as work animals as early as 2000 bc. They were used in war in 326 bc against Alexander the Great; and 37 elephants accompanied the Carthaginian general Hannibal and his army across the Alps in 218 bc. Since elephants rarely bear young in captivity, they are corralled in the wild, often with the use of domestic elephants and mahouts (professional elephant handlers). ...
8. BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Asian elephant, Indian elephant
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- Asian elephants are more easily tamed than their larger African counterparts, and have been used as beasts of burden for centuries. ...
- Asian elephants live for 70 years.
- Asian elephants are distinguished from their African counterparts by their smaller size, smaller ears, more rounded back, and a fourth toenail on each of their hind feet. ... Female Asian elephants have rudimentary tusks.
- Asian elephants have an extensive range across India and Sri Lanka and also occur further south and east as far as Sumatra. ...
- Asian elephants are spread over areas where rainfall levels vary considerably. ...
- Elephants have a diverse vegetarian diet, including grasses, bamboo, legumes, bark, succulent climbers, creepers and palms. ...
- Asian elephants are very sociable and live in basic family units of one adult cow and her offspring. ... Bull elephants associate with a family when a cow is in oestrus. ...
- Asian elephants are classified as Endangered by the 2000 IUCN Red List. ...
- As the number of humans increases, the area of natural habitat that the elephants rely on is being depleted. Elephants are being forced onto farming areas, where they cause damage. It is estimated that 28,000 to 42,000 Asian elephants remain in the wild.
9. The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust: A Haven for Elephants and Rhinos
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- The date was the 18th January 2005, and after an absence of 9 months, he suddenly appeared, in all his grandeur, this huge 16 year old Amboseli Bull who is one of our now fully independent “Big Boys”, a free spirit amongst his wild kin in Tsavo National Park doing what bull elephants of his age should be doing – travelling far and wide acting as the scouts for the cow herds, investigating new territory, finding new feeding grounds, and safe havens for those that will ensure the perpetuity of their kind, their females and the young. ...
- She was seen sleeping under the shade of a tree, all alone, in Hilton Hotels Taita Hills Sanctuary, with no other elephants nearby, and since she was only about 4 months old, she was obviously an orphan doomed to die with no chance of survival without her mother’s milk in a wild situation. ...
- The orphan elephants and rhinos are just some of the many wildlife commitments we are involved in. ...
- The Trust has provided a blueprint for the welfare of animals in captivity and, in the case of elephants, illustrated the sophistication of their communication and their social needs. ...
- Helping save the lives of orphaned elephants and rhinos who are ultimately released into the wild Saving wildlife and wilderness is the responsibility of all thinking people. ...
- Home Elephants and Rhino Conservation Orphans Project Community Outreach About The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Newsletters Mobile Vet Unit How To Help Foster an Elephant or Rhino Desnaring Updates .
10. Introduction to the Proboscidea
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- Elephants, Mammoths, Mastodons.
- Elephants are sometimes called pachyderms, a term that also applies to rhinos and hippos, and refers to their thick skin. These other pachyderms are not closely related to the elephants, however. ...
- In addition to their unique morphology, modern elephants are unusual among mammals in two key respects of their social structure. ... Secondly, baby elephants are given care and guidance for several years -- longer than most other mammals. ...
- Or read about living elephants at Animal Diversity Web. ...
- Picture of elephants on the Kenya savanna courtesy Lisa M. ...
11. "Information resources on elephants"
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- "Information resources on elephants " .
- NOTE: Information Resources on Elephants may be viewed as individual chapters below, or as one complete publication file elephants. ...
- Information Resources on Elephants.
- Although there is a considerable amount of information available on elephants in data bases it is not readily available in an organized manner to most persons. ... There area number of papers and articles dealing with elephants in the wild, their tracking, number estimation, feeding habits, environmental damage, conflicts with people, etc. ... This publication is not meant to be all inclusive as there are a number of private database collections on elephants which are not included here. ... The references are listed first under a General category which pertains to elephants in general and then under separate sections for African and Asian elephants. ... It is hoped this publication will be of use to those interested in elephants and their care, treatment and conservation in captivity and in the wild.
- gov/awic/pubs/elephants/elephants2. ...
12. The Elephant Sanctuary, Hohenwald, Tennessee
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- All About Elephants | You Can Help | Our Girls Gift Shop | Photo Gallery.
- Meet the Elephants | Sanctuary News | The Curriculum.
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