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The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), also known as the Asiatic elephant, is a species of elephant distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west to Borneo in the east, and Nepal in the north to Sumatra in the south. Three subspecies are recognised—E. m. maximus, E. m. indicus and E. m. sumatranus.
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. [77] It is the largest of all terrestrial mammals. [78] 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.
Born on May 24, 1970, at Almaty Zoo, Batyr lived his entire life in the Karaganda Zoo at Karaganda in Kazakhstan.He died in 1993. Batyr was the offspring of once-wild Indian elephants (a subspecies of the Asian elephant) and was the second child of his mother Palm (1959–1998) and father Dubas, (1959–1978) [5] presented to Kazakhstan's Almaty Zoo by the Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
When comparing an elephant's vocal folds to those of a human, an elephant's are longer, thicker, and have a larger cross-sectional area. In addition, they are tilted at 45 degrees and positioned more anteriorly than a human's vocal folds. [18] From various experiments, the elephant larynx is shown to produce various and complex vibratory phenomena.
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 ...
African elephant Renee gave birth to a male calf Feb. 17, the Toledo Zoo announced Friday. The calf is expected to have is exhibit debut March 16.
An elephant brain weighs around 5 kg (11 lb), which is about four times the size of a human brain and the heaviest of any terrestrial animal. It has about 257 billion neurons , which is about three times the amount of neurons as a human brain.
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