Thursday, October 1, 2009

Elephant :

Elephant are of two types:
1. Indian Elephant
2. African Elephant

Indian Elephant

It is the smaller of the two species of elephants and has a domed back and smaller ears. Indian elephants breathe in forests, where they spend their lives in search of grass and leaves.

Elephants are most intelligent animal. These astonishing animal have been viewed displaying multipart emotions including anger, jealousy, love, loneliness, and grief. The trunk has one tip which they use like a finger.

African Elephant

It is the world’s largest land animal and adult males can weigh as much as six tons. They swallow more than 25 gallons of water each day and eat up to 650 lbs. of food.

The trunks of African elephants enclose two tips which they use like fingertips to pick stuff up. It calves feed on milk for up to 18 months, and do not rear till at least 11 years old.

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