Indian Elephants
Published on Apr 29, 2017
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Description
Small Ears
Round Backs
Crown of head is highest point of their body.
Photo by cyanocorax
What do Indian Elephants eat?
- Mixture of grassland and forest.
- Bamboo
- Tree bark
- Palms
- They will shake trees with their trunk to get food from the top of the tree.
Photo by dipangshu_dutta
Reasons for Endangerment:
Humans
Hunting them for their tusks
Moving into their habitats
Less than 25,000 living in the wild
Photo by Dinoop Dayanand
What is being done to protect them?
- Creating safe harbors in India.
- Reconnecting migratory routes between protected areas to avoid human contact.
Photo by ravalli1
Habitat
- Subtropical and tropical forest
- Moist forest
- Grasslands
- Located in India and Asia
Photo by tontantravel
Predators and Prey
- Indian Elephants do not hunt.
- They have few Predators because of their large size.
- Few predators are lions, tigers, and crocodiles.
- Biggest Predators are HUMANS!
Photo by Navaneeth K N
