Animal Gallery
Asian Elephant |
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Asian Elephants have been domesticated for thousands of years. Today they are used as transportation in the logging industry, in tourism, and in religious ceremonies.
Water is required in Asian Elephant’s diets. They can drink as much as 227 l (59 gal.) in a day. They do not drink through their trunks; instead they suck up the water into their trunks and then spray it into their mouths. The skin of Asian Elephants is extremely sensitive to sunburn and insect bites, so they like to roll in the dust and mud, or throw dust over their backs to help protect their skin. Asian Elephants communicate with sounds and body postures. They will ‘trumpet’ when they are excited, either as a warning about danger or as a greeting to others. The population of Asian Elephants is very low in the wild, much lower than African Elephants. This decline is due to habitat loss as twenty percent of the world’s human population live in the same area as the Asian Elephant’s range. |
Did you know?
Only male Asian Elephants have tusks. At the Zoo -
We have one Asian Elephant and her name is Lucy. She turned 33 in the summer of 2008 and you can view her paintings here. |
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