CollectA Asian Elephant
CollectA Asian Elephant
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- Asian elephants are highly intelligent and self-aware. They have a very large and highly convoluted neocortex, a trait also shared by humans, apes and certain dolphin species.
- The normal body temperature of the elephant is 96.6 OF, ( 36.9 OC)
- The skull has several sinuses and so the head is not as heavy as it may appear.
- The elephant has only two pairs of teeth, at a time and they are replaced 5 times during its lifetime. The number of ridges on the teeth increase with age . In most animals the teeth erupt from the bottom, but in elephants, they grow and push from the back to the front. The molars are replaced five times, in the lifetime of an Asian elephant.
- The tusk is an outgrowth or extension of the upper incisor or teeth. In males, it starts in two or two and a half years and grows 3 - 4 inches every year. The tusk has regenerative capacity. The pulp, which is conically shaped, is present along the inside of the tusk. One has to be careful not to damage the pulp, while trimming, or shaping the tusk. Teeth in Sanskrit are called Dantam, and thus the elephants are also called Danti. The elephant uses its tusks in a variety of ways. Humans may be right or left handed. Elephants also exhibit, a similar dexterity, for a particular tusk. The tusks continue growing, even after being cut.
- The Asian cow elephants have tushes, but African cows have tusks.
- An elephant's trunk is formed by the fusion of the upper lip and the nose. Trunk = 6 muscles broken down to 150 bundles of muscle fibers
- The tongue has restricted movement and cannot be protruded out. The food can be hooked if placed on the tongue and pushed back into the mouth.
- There is no nasolacrimal duct, running from the eye to the nose and so water runs out of the eyes constantly.
- A few sweat glands are present on the skin, found at the base of the nails. Since the sweat glands are deficient, the elephant sucks secretions from the mouth and sprays it on its body, with its trunk, to lower the body temperature.
- 15cm x 8.5 cm
