The African elephant is much larger than its Asian counterpart. African elephants’ ears are even bigger! But this is not where their differences end. Let’s take a look at all of their unique ...

and when elephants flare their ears. They may be excited or trying to fend off predators or challengers. African and Asian elephants have ears that are different sizes and shapes. African ...

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There’s the African Forest elephant, the African Savannah elephant and the Asian elephant. You can tell them apart by their ears. African elephants’ ears are the same shape as the map of Africa.

They can’t afford the water loss. The African elephant has the largest ears of any animal, accounting for 20% of their overall surface area. They make useful fans, but also have other mechanisms ...

There are two forms of African elephant, with different distributions ... tusk and head shape like forest elephants and intermediate ear shape. Ear shape A further study investigated ear shape by ...

DESCRIPTION: Savannah elephants are the larger of the two African elephant species. They also have thicker, more curved tusks, more triangulated ears, and differently shaped skulls. Both elephant ...

The two young African elephants - whose larger, fan-shaped ears make it easy to distinguish them from their Asian counterparts - were a diplomatic gift from Zimbabwe to then Indian president ...