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Illegal ivory hunting is one of the largest threats faced by elephants. ©Anna_Om/iStock via Getty Images. The main threat that elephants face is poaching. Up to 30,000 elephants are killed every ...
©SinArtCreative/iStock via Getty Images On the Discovery Channel’s show MythBusters , the show’s hosts Adam Savage and Jayme Hyneman hid a small white mouse under a pile of dung and waited ...
Elephants have the longest gestation of any creature on the planet. Asian elephant gestation periods last anywhere from 18-22 months, while African elephant gestations last a full 22 months. That ...
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The word elephant is derived from the Latin word elephas (genitive elephantis) ' elephant ', which is the Latinised form of the ancient Greek ἐλέφας (elephas) (genitive ἐλέφαντος (elephantos [1])), probably from a non-Indo-European language, likely Phoenician. [2]
The EEP for African Elephants at Noah's Ark is a bachelor programme, wherein only males of the species inhabit the enclosure, to provide a home while waiting for a breeding opportunity. In September 2012, the zoo began building an elephant sanctuary of 20 acres (8.1 ha); the first elephant arrived in February 2014.
An elephant grazes inside the Murchison Falls National Park in northwest Uganda on February 20, 2023. - Badru Katumba/AFP/Getty Images
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