Elephant

Elephants, scientifically known as Loxodonta africana, are such remarkable animals, being the largest land mammal. Elephants are native to 37 countries in Africa and 13 countries in Asia; there are roughly four hundred and seventy thousand of them left. (“AWF – Learn about the elephant!”). They are friendly creatures that are unfortunately in danger due to the arrogance of the human population. With elephants comes their very interesting anatomy and biological characteristics. This species is notorious

apprehension. However, she survived these circumstances with the symbolic help of elephant bone given to Viola by her mother. As time went on and she immigrated to America, the elephant came to symbolize a connection between her life back home and her new life in Portland. Towards the end of the novel, the elephant becomes a symbol of comfort in stressful situations. As you can see, over the course of The Good Braider, the elephant symbol changes as Viola does; what was once a symbol of strength at the beginning

African elephants, Loxodonta africana, are found in Kingdom Animalia. They’re native to the rainforests in central and West Africa and are also located in the sub-Saharan Africa (“African”). Elephants are herbivores, meaning they only consume plants for nutrients. They begin the extracellular digestion process when the food enters through the mouth. They break it down mechanically with their teeth. It then travels down their esophagus, into their stomachs, and then makes its way down to their intestines

Out of the 8.7 million types of species on Earth, 5,689 of them are endangered. That only seems a tiny number compared to all of the species on earth, but what would happen if all of those 5,689 species were to die? The African Elephant is the largest land animal on Earth, weighing up to 6 tons and growing as tall as 10 feet. They are mostly known for their giant ivory tusks that they use for digging, fighting, and foraging. We happen to see their ivory tusks as a way to make money. The African elephant’s

SCIENCES SUMMER 2015 ARTICLE: DNA From Elephant Dung, Tusks Reveals Poaching Hot Spots AUTHOR (S): Brooke Jarvis PERIODICAL: N/A DATE: June 18, 2015 WEBSITE ADDRESS: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/140618-elephants-ivory-dna-poaching-africa-science-world/ SUMMARY: Samuel Wasser, from the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington in Seattle, has spent the past 15 years comparing and matching DNA samples from elephant ivory and dung in an attempt to locate where

An Elephant Never Forgets Ongoing daytime poaching is drastically altering the activity patterns and behavior of African elephants. Scientists regard African elephants as one of the most intelligent animal species on Earth. They are highly social and can recognize specific individuals, use tools, teach skills to their offspring, imitate sounds, and show strong indications of self-awareness, emotional capacity, and memory recall. Until recently, experts believed these abilities were unique to the

Elephant Slaughter In this lesson we watched a video about elephant slaughter and how people sale the Ivory illegally, and for a high price. Ivory is not only beautiful in its own nature but it is very expensive. But unfortunately if we don't stop killing elephants for their ivory they will be extinct in the next 10 years. We also read an article about the same topic, each one has different information about the same topic. The video helps you visualize the article, and the article gives you

Orwell, “Shooting an Elephant” Wake Tech: English 111 Reader, edited by Wayde Vickrey, et al., 2nd ed., Hayden Mcneil, 2017, pp. 191-197. The author in this narrative works as a police officer for a town in Burma. He is hated by the towns people and is often harassed for serving the British Empire. The Burmese trip and insult him while young Buddhist priests torment him. Although, he works as a police officer for the British, he secretly opposes them. Though with the constant abuse from the Burmese

situation of elephant poaching is costing Africa millions in lost tourism income. Many tourists do not appreciate waiting in queues for their cars to be searched at the entrance. Seeing dead animals (such as elephants and rhinos) as a result of poaching, hearing gunshots and the sound of anti-poaching helicopter patrolling the area can scare the tourists and ruin the experience of visiting a nature reserve to reconnect with nature and this prevents tourists from returning. Elephants are one of the

century. The African bush elephant fans itself with its giant ears to regulate its body temperature. He circulates the air around his head and torso by moving his ears back and forth. The ancestors of the twenty first century have smaller ears and some had ears that were a bit bigger. As the years past more and more elephants with bigger ears were more common, but as more like thousands of years the climate started boiling of how much heat there was. This made the elephants with the smaller ears not