Close-ups of African Elephants in Wilderness - 8K [Ultra HD]

Close-ups of African Elephants in Wilderness - 8K [Ultra HD]

Elephants are the largest land mammals. The pachyderms have fascinated people for thousands of years with their intelligence and sensitive nature.

Elephants belong to the order of the proboscidea and form the family of elephants. What they have in common is their typical shape: the mighty body, the large ears and the long trunk, as well as the four columnar legs, the soles of which are made of thick padding. They act as shock absorbers and thus help to bear the enormous weight of the animals. Asian elephants can grow up to three meters in height, weigh up to five tons and measure between five and six and a half meters from head to tail.

The tail grows up to one and a half meters long. It ends in a tassel of hair. They usually have five toes on their front feet and four toes on their hind feet. African elephants can reach heights of up to 3.20 meters, weigh up to five tons and are six to seven meters long. The tail measures about a meter. They have four toes on their front feet and only three on their hind feet.

The incisors of the upper jaw have been converted into the typical tusks. The bulls of the African elephants can be over three meters long and weigh over 200 kilograms. The tusks of female African elephants are much smaller.

Another distinguishing feature are the ears: They are much larger in African elephants than in their Asian relatives and can grow up to two meters long.

The trunks are not the same either: Asian elephants have only one finger-like muscular extension on the trunk with which they can grip, African elephants have two. These face each other at the end of the trunk.

The skin of the elephant is up to three centimeters thick, but still very sensitive. In baby elephants it is densely hairy. The bigger the animals get, the more they lose their hair. Adult animals only have hair on their eyes and at the end of their tails.

Today, African elephants are mainly found in southern Africa and migrate through to the savannas and steppes of Africa.

Elephants live to a great age: they can live up to 60 years. Individual animals even live to be 70 years old.

Elephants are among the most intelligent mammals. They are pure herd animals that stay together for generations. 20 to 30 animals live in a group, which is usually led by an old female, the matriarch. She takes the herd to the best feeding and watering places.

Elephants are known for their social behavior: the herd protects the young together, "elephant aunts" also look after the young of other females with great dedication. Injured or old animals also enjoy the protection and care of the herd. Elephants even seem to mourn the deaths of their own kind.

Thanks to their excellent memory, not only do they know who belongs to the herd, but they can still remember troublemakers or people who did something to them years later.

Adult elephants have few enemies in the animal kingdom. However, if they feel threatened or if their young are in danger, they attack their opponents: they spread their ears wide and raise their trunks. Then they roll up their trunks, run towards their opponents with their heads down and simply overrun them with their massive bodies.

Bull elephants also sometimes fight with each other, running at each other and pushing each other away. These fights can be so fierce that even the tusks break off.

Elephants are strictly herbivores. They consume leaves, grass, roots and bark. Because their diet is relatively poor in nutrients, an adult animal needs up to 200 kilograms of feed every day. Elephants therefore spend around 16 hours a day foraging and eating.

They also need huge amounts of water: an adult animal drinks up to 100 liters a day. If they don't find enough water at the water points during dry seasons, they dig meter-deep holes with their tusks and trunk to get water.

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