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  1. FACTS There are about 500,000 African elephants in the wild. Poachers hunt elephants for their tusks, a relationship that has changed their evolutionary path -- elephants with shorter tusks are breeding more and producing offspring with increasingly stunted tusks. Elephants don't breed until they're teenagers and gestation lasts for 22 months -- creating a population unable to bounce back.

  2. African Elephants African elephants are bigger than their Asian counterparts and therefore the largest living land animals. Until recently there was only a single species of elephant in Africa. The former subspecies, known as forest elephants, have now been recognised as a full species and the original species renamed bush, or savannah, elephants.

  3. African Elephants The smaller forest elephants have straighter trunks and rounded ears compared to the bush elephant. They are also separated by location and habitats, with forest elephants found in the equatorial forests of central and west Africa, particularly in the Congo basin. Bush elephants are more widespread, mostly south of the Sahara in a range of different habitats including savannah, swamps and deserts.

  4. Video Not all people poach elephants though…Providing safe routes between parks helps give elephants the space they need. Watch to find out more… http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/African_elephant#p014rm6p

  5. Video Elephants enjoy mud baths. Watch and enjoy!!!!!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Elephantidae#p00cqdmm

  6. Video What use is elephant poo!!!!!!????????? http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Elephantidae#p00cqdlv

  7. Facts Elephants are represented by three living species: Asian, African forest and African bush. As the largest living mammals in the world, healthy adults have no natural predators, though the calves have plenty to fear from lions and tigers. The elephant's distinctive trunk is very versatile and can perform the functions of hand, foot and nose. Their large ears also play an important role in regulating body temperature. Elephants are very intelligent animals and highly social, living in groups led by the oldest female, or matriarch. Adult males are relatively solitary only coming together in loose bachelor herds. Did you know? An elephant’s skin is so sensitive that it can feel a fly landing.

  8. Elephants in Thailand Elephants in Thailand are fed coffee beans which are picked out of their poo when it pops out the other end. Mr Dinkin claims the beans make an earthy and smooth coffee because elephants break down a protein which makes the drink taste bitter. But it's not cheap - a serving of the Black Ivory Coffee costs around £31 - and it's only on sale overseas in places like Thailand so far.

  9. Life and death chart for elephants

  10. The following pictures may come as a shock as to how elephants are treated…

  11. Were you surprised at the earlier images???

  12. Write in the comments how you felt.

  13. Thank you for watching/reading.

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