https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz Wondering en-us 2019-04-10 23:09:57 UTC 2026-01-30 00:05:05 UTC hello@padlet.com krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/350596632 Caitlin O'Connell Writer and Photographer for "The Elephant Scientist"]]> 2019-04-11 00:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/350596632 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/350597119 A matriarch is a leader of an elephant family, and is usually the oldest female in that family. Elephant families revolve around females. Males leave at puberty and become socially independent, but females remain within their families for their whole lives. ]]> 2019-04-11 00:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/350597119 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/350598569 2019-04-11 00:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/350598569 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/350598879 2019-04-11 00:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/350598879 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/350600763 In 1930's there used to be as many as 10 million wild elephants within Africa. Now that they are being hunted by Poachers their numbers are at a steady decline. Today there are as few as 415,000 elephants left in Africa. ]]> 2019-04-11 01:00:56 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/350600763 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/350601573 2019-04-11 01:04:14 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/350601573 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/350602400 Loxodonta africana]]> 2019-04-11 01:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/350602400 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/350602555 Vulnerable ]]> 2019-04-11 01:09:24 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/350602555 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/350602762 The biggest treats to elephants are:
1. Habitat loss and fragmentation
2. Human-elephant conflict
3. Illegal wildlife trade

]]> 2019-04-11 01:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/350602762 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/350603638 2019-04-11 01:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/350603638 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351342529 2019-04-13 02:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351342529 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351342645 An elephants tusk never stops growing. Longer tusks show the great age of an elephant. Both male and female elephants grow tusks with the exception of Asian elephants. With them only the males grow tusks. If you were to see a tusk-less elephant you would be looking at a female Asian elephant. ]]> 2019-04-13 02:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351342645 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351343104 2019-04-13 02:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351343104 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351343289 With the great mind of an elephant they have adapted to protect their skins from the sun. They do so by creating their own sunscreen with mud and sand being thrown onto their skin after they have had a river or swam bath. Isn't that AMAZING!?!]]> 2019-04-13 02:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351343289 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351343558 Scientists nowadays who study African elephants are trying to decipher their language to create the first elephant dictionary. Isn't that just out of this world! Think about it the noises that they make maybe one day we will be able to understand them and actually know what is being said from one elephant to another. ]]> 2019-04-13 03:03:20 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351343558 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351407814 Elephants eat a wide range of plant materials along with grass, leaves, as well as woody parts of trees and shrubs. When available they also eat some flowers and fruits. In the course of a year an elephant can eat up to 50 tons of food. ]]> 2019-04-13 21:03:55 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351407814 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351408027 2019-04-13 21:07:12 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351408027 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351661117 They are born leaders. It is not a gained trait]]> 2019-04-15 14:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351661117 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351661248 May be graphic to some. 
Male Elephants (Bulls) fighting]]> 2019-04-15 14:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351661248 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351661282 Largest of the 2 African Elephants. 
Conservation Status: Vulnerable but population is increasing
Lifespan: 60-70 years
Males can weight up to 13k lbs and women can weigh up yo 6,600 lbs.]]> 2019-04-15 14:13:04 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351661282 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351661305 I tried to find the largest footprint BUT this website gives facts about the difference between male & female]]> 2019-04-15 14:13:08 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351661305 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351661371 Elephants are left like this after someone goes and kills them to remove their tusk to either sale or keep as a trophy.]]> 2019-04-15 14:13:18 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351661371 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351661419 Mothers as always are very important!! Baby elephants are nearly blind at birth and the mothers provide important relief.]]> 2019-04-15 14:13:24 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351661419 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351661451 Mothers bunch the young in between herself and another elephant, whether it be the father or another mother also running to safety.]]> 2019-04-15 14:13:29 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351661451 krh292 https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351661501 ** Fun Fact**
Mother elephants have the best memories because they need to remember their enemies and where they often go for food.]]> 2019-04-15 14:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/krh292/1hlmfy2glnqz/wish/351661501