Elephant is the largest of all mammals on the land
Elephant has power that it can let the tree down as u see in the video it push the Tree till it fall down, that is due to its power that it have
thus the reason it called Big Mammal among big five the main reason is its work and the weight that it have.
The lion can't be play with Elephant the reason behind its beacause is hard to Primarily to cool the body and rid themselves of irritating insectss(mostly flies).Flapping ears do not always express anger as is commonly believed. An anmal ot this size, with no sweat glands and a dark body colour, can easily overheat in African conditions. Besides their natural cooling mechanisms of standing in the shade, resting at midday and coating the body with mud, soil or water, elephants have another trick.
The ears are richly supplied with blood in an extensive venous network that dilates in hot weather. The skin of the ears is relatively thin, and the total surface area of both ears could account for as much as 20%o of the entire body surface area. The blood flowing rapidly through the veins and capillaries is enough to allow heat to dissipate, but heat loss and blood cooling are significantly enhanced by the flappingwhich causes cooling currents of air to pass Over the veins. The cooled blood helps keep the body core cool. The wind caused by the flapping also helps chase away biting and / or irritating flies, many of which can and do draw blood from areas of thin skin (insides of legs, ears, the genital area).
Horse tlies and bee flies are often the most problematic. The ears may also sometimes be held out and swayed gently to shade the eyes from direct sunlight.
Contrary to popular belief, elephants can and do lie down of their own free will. They wili spend a few hours everv night lying dewe and sleeping soundly,some prone bouts of snoring and which they may make vocalisations.
They will also often lie down for an hour or two, singly or in groups, in the heat of the day. Calves often lie in the shade cast by the mother and other herd members. In ChobeI have observed exhausted calves do this after a trek from inland feeding.
Elephants lie down to rest or sleep deeph, as these have observed exhausted calves do this calves are doing. Entire berds can sonetimes be seen lying flat in this way. after a trek from inland feeding. They will often make use of slight inclines such as earth-banks or termite mounds for this purpose (it may be easier to get down and up, especially for bulls with tusks that are long or have a wide spread) but they are definitely not dependent on the slopes. Flat ground is entirely suitable.
There is a belief that when elephants stand up, they have locking mechanisms in the legs to stop them falling over, but this is not true. They have cancillous (reinforced) bone, without a central marrow cavity, in the legs. The four or five hours spent sleeping every night are not continuous, being broken by bouts of feeding and ablutions. An elephant on its side is, therefore, no reason to call the vet.
~What are elephants" tusks used for?
The tusks are principally used for obtaining certain food items, for fighting (among males), and tor detence. The tusks are the upper incisor teeth that Continually grow and are honed and kept sharp by abrasion aganst various substrates. Milk tusks, with which the animal is born, often do not become visible externally, and are replaced with permanent ones at about one year old. These usually become externally visible betore the elephant is two years old. The tuskS are said to be ivory, which is actually a patterned form of dentine (when seen in cross section) that is capped with enamel.
The enamel tends to come oft with wear. The tusks are deeply rooted and have a large pulp cavity, but are remarkably solid and heavy. When broken oft, they can be worked into a point Over a remarkably short period of time.
They are used as tools for obtaining food and extensively employed as leverage to break bark, grass, branches and roots. Tusks are also used to loosen soil (particularly at water / mudholes).
They may also be used for moving obstacles (or in the case of young bulls, playing with heavy stumps, branches or dead trees). This frequently results in breakages to the tusks. In both instances they ultimately moved off.
Many authorities consider this to be the final 'death threat'. It must be noted that the engine stayed off during the display. Elephants sometimes tend to use one tusk more than the other. This could result in differing tusk lengths. Sometimes a
major difference in the length of the sharp tusks is the result of breakages rather than use. Tusks often develop a 'trough' or notch on their upper surface where bark/ grass is levered and stripped / snapped.
What is the trunk-how is it used?
An elephant's trunk is essentially a moditied nose made of muscle and no bone. It has evolved to tultil a suite of tunctions. Proboscidea, the Order to which clephants belong, describes the fusion of the upper lip and nose to form the trunk. This trunk is often said to contain thousands of muscles. More correctly, individual muscle fascicles make up the very complex bands of radial and Elephant cannot drink through the trunk, liquid being sucked up, beld and released into the mouth. The triunk is also beld in this manner the striated muscle along the trunk's length. Helical bands of muscles (unique to when air is being expelled over the vomero-nasal Elephants among vertebrates) spiral openings on the palate.
around the trunk from top to bottom, facilitating side-to-side twisting tor manipulation of foodstuff. This tWIsting is particularly evident when elephants pluck tussocks of grass or clumps of foliage.
Individuals tend to 'grab and twist' in one direction only, and this is indicated by the green residue of toliage/ grass or red residue of bark cambium on one side ot the trunk near the base. This appears to be a far more reliable and predictable means of left or 'right bias than the so-called 'slave and master tusk theory.
Although weighty and incredibly powerful, the trunk can be sensitive. It has long sensory hairs and is sensitive to touch, particularly near the tip where the two Tingers can pull thorns trom the feet or pick up individual berries. There are two nostrils, separated all the way up by a mucous-lined muscular septum. The inner trunk is always moist, sometimes dribbling with a liquid secreted to rid the nasal area of dust. At its base, the trunk has a broad attachment to the skull (evidenced by the deep groove of roughened bone on the skull). This area can be seen to vibrate and move during vocalisations. The nasal opening on the skull is huge, indicating the considerable olfactory abilities of the elephant. The trunks of males tend to be relatively longer than those of females and have more of a 'concertina-like' ability elongating when resting on the ground. The weight of the trunk is considerable, and big males in particular often rest it over their tusks. The trunk is also used for drinking in adults it holds approximately 10 - 12 litres which are sucked up and then squirted into the mouth. Elephants cannot drink through their trunks as they would drown. This Would be akin to sucking snitting liquid through our noses
The animal that is huge and big, it is one of the animal that is among Big five animal in the world, the animal found in big number in Tarangire National Park.it likely most to eat acacia species, and when the animal move u can hear sound from far away It is investigated that the Elephant have more that 7 tone of its weight
I do welcome u to visit Tarangire National Park in Tanzania for u to view it and their movement with Dawa safari's & Adventure
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