In Mammals, the asian elephant is second, but man has the longest what?
[2007-11-08 04:59:19]

Q: I don't know the answer to this quiz question, any ideas?

I found the asian elephant has a finger, it also has nails on the feet but my best guess so far is the intestine.

Any other suggestions?

A: Memory

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Whats the difference of a Asian Elephant to the African Elephant?
[2006-11-25 10:00:53]
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Why did they call it a Asian and African Elephant,can they just call it a whole Elephant so no need to confuse.Don't Tell me because 'they came from a another country''.I mean whats the difference about the Appearance of them both.


The Indian elephant, also called Asian elephant, is the highest off the ground at its head. The African Bush elephant is tallest at its shoulder. Also like was said the ears are a major difference and its size. Also male Indian elephants have tusks, female

Elephant plays harmonica at National Zoo

(AP) WASHINGTON - An elephant named Shanthi at the Smithsonian's National Zoo plays a harmonica with her trunk and appears to love doing it.

Video released Wednesday by the zoo in Washington shows the 36-year-old Asian elephant has a harmonica attached to her stall and plays tunes even when no humans are within view.

See video of Shanthi playing harmonica below

Elephant keeper Debbie Flinkman said Shanthi is "musically inclined," playing her own songs that always have a big crescendo at the end. Shanthi also likes to tap things, flap her ears against objects to make noise and rub her leg up and down shrubs to repeat noises.

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What are the taxonomic names of an Asian elephant?
[2010-05-18 18:22:37]
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I'm confused about the definition of taxonomic names and don't know the taxonomic names for the Asian elephant..

thank you for helping


Most of the information at the higher levels is not included in the standard description of an organism. For most plants and animals, just listing the family, genus or species is enough to let biologists know what the other levels should be. The most

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Can anyone answer these question about Asian elephant?
[2009-02-17 16:09:26]
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Does asian elephant migrate?
Asian elephant community, niche, position in food web, food chain, why do people value it, for what purpose do people use it, how would your it respond to to a habitat disturbance, could it survive habitat disturbance


The herd of wild Asian elephants follow defined seasonal migration routes, between the wet and dry zones. The alpha male or the eldest elephant has to remember the traditional migration routes.
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