"I caught the" Elephant "for the relay race of @ slon21veka"! # 18 Interesting facts about elephants
Family album source- Pixiz phototaps
Good morning to all the readers of golos.io. This is my participation in the contest held by @ slon21vekaIn the slogan "I picked up the" Elephant "for the relay race" For more information enter here Consultations and rules Said this Let the hunt begin!
In elephant house number 17 comment how my life is destined for elephants, my first gift was a small elephant named Dumbo that accompanies me 50 years ago, on my 25th birthday my mother gave me another elephant and a few days ago When I turned fifty, I received another beautiful elephant as a gift, nowadays it is my granddaughter Abigail who takes care of my elephants, her grandmother very much does not like the idea because it can break, she has my full support and approval
If you want to see my previous post you just have to enter here
This week things got complicated, I had planned to go out to do an elephant hunt, but for some reason I could not do it, luckily on TV they were passing some beautiful images of elephants, it was my chance to hunt them. Three beautiful images we could take, the hunt was done with a Nikon Coolpix b500 camera.
As I stated in my previous publication, I am passionate about elephants, I am very concerned about what is happening in their environment, there are reports that say that in a few years, if nothing is done they will be extinguished, I will speak of this in the next publication, today I want to share some interesting facts about these beautiful animals.
- The "National Geographic" makes a tribute to the elephants celebrating all "August 12" as the "World Day of the elephants"
- The elephant population in the 80s, were more than "1.2 million elephants" in African territory, in the last census of 2012 only 420,000 units were counted, in only "32 years" we lost 780,000 elephants.
- The elephant is the largest living animal on the planet, exceeding three meters in height and can weigh up to 6000 kg. The heaviest elephant in history exceeded 10,000kg
- Elephants can live to be 86 years old, it was the oldest elephant age in history
- The female elephants from the "12 years" can already have offspring, their pregnancy can reach 22 months and their offspring can weigh up to "90 kilograms" and exceed the "meter height"
- To stay fit and healthy they should eat more than 130 kg of food a day and drink more than "160 liters of water"
- The ears are so large that they can hear more than "8 kilometers" away, but their main use is to stay cool on hot days, fanning themselves with them.
- They should be smarter than human beings, since they have three times more "neurons" than people
- These giants do not sleep more than three hours a day and try to stop them, if they fall to the ground they risk their health, the position can damage their organs, even the heart, causing "cardiac arrests"
I hope that all this information has been of your liking. I want to express my gratitude to @ slon21veka for the invitation to participate in the contest!
The images correspond to the family album
The camera used Nikon Coolpix B500
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Jose Luis
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