Last week it was International Cat Day, today we get to celebrate much larger creatures- elephants!
In spite of their size difference, cats and elephants have something in common:
I adore elephants ♥ One of my earlier memories is going to a circus and riding on the back of an elephant. That was very formative for me, not only was I fascinated by this beautiful animal, it made me dislike circuses very much. Of course, growing up I watched Dumbo and the Jungle Book so that solidified my feelings toward both.
Reading a little more about elephants, I found a few facts I wanted to share:
8) Unless you’re ambidextrous, you probably prefer to use one hand over the other. Elephants are the same way about their tusks: Some are “lefties,” others are “righties.” They’ll favor that tusk when fighting other Elephants, picking things up, or stripping leaves and bark off trees. Because of constant usage, their preferred tusk gets shorter over time.
12) Elephants are incapable of jumping, but these massive mammals can run at a maximum speed of 25 miles (40 km) per hour. Yet even when they are moving at their fastest, they still keep at least one foot on the ground at all times.
45) Elephants are instinctively afraid of bees. Wildlife conservationists have used this natural fear to the elephants’ advantage by placing beehives near farms in order to prevent elephants from foraging in those areas. This approach seems to be helping to minimize incidents of human-elephant conflict.
From here: 55 Elephant Facts
In spite of their size difference, cats and elephants have something in common:
August 12- World Elephant Day
I adore elephants ♥ One of my earlier memories is going to a circus and riding on the back of an elephant. That was very formative for me, not only was I fascinated by this beautiful animal, it made me dislike circuses very much. Of course, growing up I watched Dumbo and the Jungle Book so that solidified my feelings toward both.
Reading a little more about elephants, I found a few facts I wanted to share:
8) Unless you’re ambidextrous, you probably prefer to use one hand over the other. Elephants are the same way about their tusks: Some are “lefties,” others are “righties.” They’ll favor that tusk when fighting other Elephants, picking things up, or stripping leaves and bark off trees. Because of constant usage, their preferred tusk gets shorter over time.
12) Elephants are incapable of jumping, but these massive mammals can run at a maximum speed of 25 miles (40 km) per hour. Yet even when they are moving at their fastest, they still keep at least one foot on the ground at all times.
45) Elephants are instinctively afraid of bees. Wildlife conservationists have used this natural fear to the elephants’ advantage by placing beehives near farms in order to prevent elephants from foraging in those areas. This approach seems to be helping to minimize incidents of human-elephant conflict.
From here: 55 Elephant Facts
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