Why do elephants have to take baths? Because elephants are animals that can not tolerate heat very well. Moreover, the elephant has black skin, which many people know that black is the best color that absorbs the heat.
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6 things about elephants that we don’t know yet. An elephant is a remarkable animal in terms of living behavior, various perceptions, including the elephant’s body that can surprise us so much. So, we will explain about 6 things about elephants that many people don’t yet know yet. The elephant’s brain has the most complex […]
The elephant is a hundred percent vegetarian animal that eats only plants about 250 kilograms per day. Most people might think the elephant food consists of only bananas and sugarcane.
Smelling of elephants The elephant has 2 nostrils when the elephant smells, the smell will pass through the breathing tube into the nasal cavity. The inside of nasal cavity has the cartilaginous structure which is branched out, and there are many olfactory cells that will send the smell signal to their brain. The nerve of […]
The elephant’s brain The elephant’s brain weighs more than 5 kilograms. It has the largest mass compared to the brains of all terrestrial animals and an elephant’s brain is three times larger than a human’s brain. Elephants can remember more than 30 elephants and also remember other animals that have a bond with them for […]
Let’s touch elephant’s hand The trunk is the part of the lips long till the nose in which elephants can use a trunk for many things. The main function of the trunk is used for breathing and smelling. Moreover, it is also important for elephants to use for touching, handling things, and showing their emotions. […]
We are Krabi Elephant House Sanctuary. All the retried elephants at our sanctuary are from over the country. We never raise them, but we took them in and wish they don’t have to move around and being homeless. Sometime, the elephant came with their mahout. We took both of them in at the same time. […]