Asian Elephant
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Elephant does maternity exercises...gestation period is typically 22 months, the longest of any mammal. Last year a row erupted in Australia when a nine-year-old Asian elephant fell pregnant in Sydney's zoo. Animal rights groups said it was the equivelant of a 12-year-old... In this article: Asian Elephant, Carbon, Sydney, Munich, Australia, and UK |
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L.A. Times - L.A. Unleashed | November 04, 2009
Your morning adorable: Asian elephant calf goes for a swim at Australia's Taronga Zoo
...Asian elephant calf goes for a swim at Australia's Taronga Zoo At Australia's Taronga Zoo, the birth of an Asian elephant calf this summer was a cause for celebration. The calf, a male, was the first of his species to be born in an...
In this article: Taronga Zoo and Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | July 03, 2009
Australia welcomes its first new-born elephant
...zoo, according to keepers. The calf, yet to be named, was born at the harbourside Taronga Zoo just after 3am (1700 GMT) to a 12-year-old Asian elephant named Thong Dee, the zoo's director Guy Cooper said. "(Staff) were with her...
In this article: Australia, Taronga Zoo, Asia, and Bangkok
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Gay, the elephant, gets some new shoes
...continue to walk on all four legs. In similar elephant-limb news, caretakers at the Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in England have created shoes for Gay, an Asian elephant who suffers from foot abscesses. After making sketches of Gay's foot,...
In this article: Arthritis, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, England, Thailand, and Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald - National | August 15, 2009
Buddhists bless Sydney's baby elephant
...Buddhist ceremony in Sydney. Taronga Zoo's six-week-old Asian elephant calf, Luk Chai, which means son or male child in Thai, received prayers then had water sprinkled over him by monks on Saturday morning. The blessing was led by senior...
In this article: Sydney, Buddhist, Australia, Taronga Zoo, and Bill Crews
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The Hindu - News | July 26, 2009
Asian elephant born in Australia named 'Luk Chai'
Asian elephant born in Australia named 'Luk Chai' SYDNEY (AP): The first Asian elephant born in an Australian zoo has a name: Luk Chai, which means son or male child in Thai. The name was chosen out of more than 30,000 entries in a...
In this article: Sydney, Nathan Rees, Taronga Zoo, New South Wales, Australia, and Thailand
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TreeHugger | May 24, 2009
The Plight of the Asian Elephant-New Highway Checkpoint Threatens to Cut Off Elephant Life Line
The Plight of the Asian Elephant-New Highway Checkpoint Threatens to Cut Off Elephant Life Line The largest population of Asian elephants currently found in the wild is under imminent threat according to the Rainforest Information Centre in...
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Wikipedia | November 05, 2009
Taronga Zoo
A marine section, Great Southern Oceans, opened in April 2008. At 3.04am on July 4th 2009 Thong Dee, an Asian Elephant gave birth to a male calf named Luk Chai. It is the first calf ever born in Australia. Thong Dee is one of the 8...
In this article: Taronga Zoo, Taronga, Taronga Western Plains Zoo, New South Wales, Department of Education, and Meerkat
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Miami Herald | July 05, 2009
First Asian elephant born in Australian zoo
...its herd, zoo officials said. SYDNEY -- A 265-pound (120-kilogram), big-eared and long-nosed bundle of joy was welcomed in Australia as an important step in helping to save the endangered Asian elephant. The male calf - so far without a...
In this article: Taronga Zoo, Sydney, The Miami Herald, Thailand, and Australia
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The Asian or Asiatic Elephant (Elephas maximus), sometimes known by the name of one of its subspecies – the Indian Elephant, is one of the three living species of elephant, and the only living species of the genus Elephas. It is the largest living land animal in Asia. The species is found primarily in large parts of Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina and parts of Indonesia. It is considered endangered, with between 25,600 and 32,750 left in the wild.
This animal is widely domesticated, and has been used in forestry in South and Southeast Asia for centuries and also in ceremonial purposes. Historical sources indicate that they were sometimes used during the harvest season primarily for milling. Wild elephants attract tourist money to the areas where they can most readily be seen, but damage crops, and may enter villages to raid gardens.
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