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In Assam, more than 1,150 humans and 370 elephants died as a result of human-elephant conflict between 1980 and 2003. [96] In a 2010 study, it was estimated that in India alone, over 400 people were killed by elephants each year, and 0.8 to 1 million hectares were damaged, affecting at least 500,000 families across the country.
The brain of an elephant weighs 4.5–5.5 kg (10–12 lb) compared to 1.6 kg (4 lb) for a human brain. [79] It is the largest of all terrestrial mammals. [80] While the elephant brain is larger overall, it is proportionally smaller than the human brain. At birth, an elephant's brain already weighs 30–40% of its adult weight.
The baby elephant in this video certainly looks like Dumbo, with his stretched out ears and adorable mannerisms, but we hope his future is brighter than the famous, fictional elephant’s.
Large mammals develop at an absolute slower rate compared to small mammals. Thus, the large mammal tend have longer gestation periods than small mammal as they tend to produce larger neonate. [18] Large mammals require a longer period of time to attain any proportion of adult mass compared to small mammals. [19]
A playful baby elephant is discovering the benefits — and the fun — of mud baths, and her joy is evident in a video shared by an Arizona zoo.. Reid Park Zoo officials shared the video of the ...
Sign me up to get a baby elephant! I live in Georgia but would be willing to fly to Fresno just to watch this little guy play. I'm in love! Commenters had a lot to say about Fresno Chaffee Zoo's ...
The hippocampus of an elephant takes up about 0.7% of the central structures of the brain, comparable to 0.5% for humans and with 0.1% in Risso's dolphins and 0.05% in bottlenose dolphins. [ 17 ] The hippocampus is linked to emotion through the processing of certain types of memory , especially spatial.
During a routine patrol in Thailand, a group of park rangers stumbled upon a baby elephant — alone and trapped in mud. Officials said they found the baby Jan. 11 in Tat Mok National Park, ...