Elephant Safari in Jaipur Trip to Rajasthan’s capital city, Jaipur with its centuries old history of royalty has to be complimented with an elephant safari. As Safaris tours in Jaipur are quite famous. While the most popular elephant safari of...
Read moreElephant activities in Elephant Village Elephants have a special place in the heart and mind of Jaipur, Rajasthan. The pink city has been kind to the animal since the very beginning, and they are till date treated with all the...
Read moreFeeding Food to elephants in Jaipur Elephant Feeding in jaipur is one of the best thing you ca do. India is a fantastic way to get a life-time experience and dedicate some time in the lap of nature. The country...
Read moreTop 10 Difference between Asian elephant vs African elephants Asian elephant vs African elephants. There are a lot of physical characteristics that differentiate the Asian elephant and African elephant. The most noticeable physical difference between the elephants can easily seen Read more…
What is White elephant? A white elephant is a possession which its owner cannot dispose of and whose cost, particularly that of maintenance, is out of proportion to its usefulness. In modern usage, it is an object, building project, scheme, business venture, Read more…
The Asian elephant The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), also known as the Asiatic elephant, is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west, Nepal in the north, Sumatra in the south, and to Borneo in the east. Three subspecies are recognised—E. m. maximus from Sri Lanka, E. m. Read more…
The African forest elephant The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is one of the two living African elephant species. It is native to humid forests in West Africa and the Congo Basin. It is the smallest of the three living elephant species, reaching a shoulder height of 2.4 m (7 ft Read more…
The African bush elephant The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the African savanna elephant, is the largest living terrestrial animal, with bulls reaching a shoulder height of up to 3.96 m (13.0 ft) and a body mass of up to 10.4 t (11.5 short Read more…
Conservation and status of Elephant Conservation and status of Elephant of African elephants were listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2008, with no independent assessment of the conservation status of the two forms. In 1979, Africa had Read more…
The Intelligence and cognition of an Elephant Intelligence and cognition of Elephant. Elephants exhibit mirror self-recognition, an indication of self awareness and cognition that has also been demonstrated in some apes and dolphins. One study of a captive female Asian elephant suggested the animal was capable Read more…
The Communication Process of an Elephant The Communication Process of an Elephant Touching is an important form of communication among elephants. Individuals greet each other by stroking or wrapping their trunks; the latter also occurs during mild competition. Older elephants use Read more…
Sexual behavior of Elephant and Birth and development Musth Adult males enter a state of increased testosterone known as musth. In a population in southern India, males first enter musth at the age of 15, but it is not very intense until they Read more…
The Anatomy and morphology of Elephant Size of elephant Elephants are the largest living terrestrial animals. African bush elephants are the largest species, with males being 304–336 cm (10 ft 0 in–11 ft 0 in) tall at the shoulder with a body mass of 5.2–6.9 t Read more…