Asian Elephant

Elephants can live about 60 years longer than other all other non-human mammals. The Asian elephants seen here include Dahlip a mali who was originally in Crandon Zoo and was born in 1966. The female Nellie who is 3 years younger than Dahlip and weighs in around 9,300 pounds. Asian elephants in general are a little smaller and weigh less than the African elephants. Elephants eat huge amounts of food but only digest about 40% of what they eat. They eat a variety of plant species and may spend more than half the day foraging for food. What don't digest comes out as dung balls. Elephants are very sociable animals and live in matriarch herds led by the oldest and most experienced female. Unfortunately human encroachment and the killings of elephants for their ivory has led to the elephants endangered species status.

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