![]() Elephants are used as working animals in Asia. Other threats to wild elephants include habitat destruction and conflicts with local people. One of the biggest threats to elephant populations is the ivory trade, as the animals are poached for their ivory tusks. They appear to have self-awareness, and appear to show empathy for dying and dead family members.Īfrican bush elephants and Asian elephants are listed as endangered and African forest elephants as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Elephant intelligence has been compared with that of primates and cetaceans. They communicate by touch, sight, smell, and sound elephants use infrasound and seismic communication over long distances. Elephants can live up to 70 years in the wild. Calves are the centre of attention in their family groups and rely on their mothers for as long as three years. They enter a state of increased testosterone and aggression known as musth, which helps them gain dominance over other males as well as reproductive success. Adult bulls mostly interact with family groups when looking for a mate. Males (bulls) leave their family groups when they reach puberty and may live alone or with other males. The groups, which do not include bulls, are usually led by the oldest cow, known as the matriarch. Females (cows) tend to live in family groups, which can consist of one female with her calves or several related females with offspring. ![]() Elephants have a fission–fusion society, in which multiple family groups come together to socialise. They are considered to be keystone species, due to their impact on their environments. ![]() They are herbivorous, and they stay near water when it is accessible. African elephants have larger ears and concave backs, whereas Asian elephants have smaller ears, and convex or level backs.Įlephants are scattered throughout sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia and are found in different habitats, including savannahs, forests, deserts, and marshes. The large ear flaps assist in maintaining a constant body temperature as well as in communication. Tusks, which are derived from the incisor teeth, serve both as weapons and as tools for moving objects and digging. The trunk is used for breathing and is prehensile, bringing food and water to the mouth, and grasping objects. Distinctive features of elephants include a long proboscis called a trunk, tusks, large ear flaps, pillar-like legs, and tough but sensitive skin. The order was formerly much more diverse during the Pleistocene, but most species became extinct during the Late Pleistocene epoch. They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. ![]() For example, as of writing, you can track current hurricanes and tropical storms.Clockwise: the African bush elephant, the Asian elephant and African forest elephant.Ĭladistically included but traditionally excluded taxaĮlephants are the largest existing land animals. Though, you can switch on other layers related to the climatological shifts on Earth. We couldn't spot the layers in Google Earth for Web's Voyager feature. Real-time data for temperature, wind speed, and precipitation data was supplied by The Weather Company (an IBM subsidiary). Till 2018, you could also switch on the weather layers on Google Earth Web, Android, and iOS. Unfortunately, this is due to changes in the third-party data feeds that we're unable to fix. You may have noticed that the "Conditions and Forecast" and "Ocean Observations" in the Weather layer folder haven't received updates in awhile. The Google Earth Weather "Radar" layer was also removed for the same reason. Why Live Weather Forecasts on Google Earth Disappeared?Įarlier, you could keep an eye on the current weather while using Google Earth like a live radar but that feature had been dropped in 2017 because of sketchiness with the third-party weather feeds.
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