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	elephant. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Indian elephants are extensively used as beasts of burden, especially in teak forests, where they carry logs with their trunks.
		Elephants have been extensively hunted for food and for ivory, and their numbers are now greatly reduced, but they are now afforded protection in certain areas.
		Elephants are the only living representatives of their order, which was once widespread over most of the world; it included the mammoth and the mastodon.
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	Indian Elephant,Asian Elephant,Elephant in India,Asian Elephant India,Information on Indian Elephant,Endangered Animals ...
		Elephants have large ears, are covered with gray hairy skin, and are characterized by their long trunks which can be used in a number of ways including for breathing, to suck in water or food, to lift and pull objects, and to make trumpeting noises and other sounds for communication.
		Elephants that are tamed are fed on leaves, sugarcane, bananas and rice gruel.
		Status: Indian Elephants are threatened by poaching for their tusks, by the loss of habitat due to human pressure on forested areas and due to human conflict.
	www.india-wildlife-tours.com /wild-animals-in-india/indian-wildlife-indian-elephant.html (781 words)

	african elephants
		African elephants are native to a wide variety of habitats including semi-desert scrub, open savannas and dense forest regions.
		The African elephant can be quickly distinguished from the Indian elephant by its greater size and its larger ears, which may reach a length of about 5 ft from top to bottom.
		The Indian elephant is tallest at the arch of the back, bears tusks in the male only, and has one lobe instead of two on its trunk.
	www.indianchild.com /african_elephants.htm (554 words)

	Indian Elephant,Great Asian Elephant in India,Great Indian Elephant
		Indian Elephant,Great Asian Elephant in India,Great Indian Elephant
		Indian Elephants are very sociable animals and march from forest to forest, seldom staying in one for more than a few days.
		The elephant population is vulnerable to unscrupulous poachers due to their precious ivory tusks.
	www.indiantravelportal.com /wildlife/indian-elephant.html (527 words)

	Indian Elephant (Elephas indicus)
		Elephants prefer thick forests with an abundant supply of food and a large amount of shade.
		Elephants have shown a strong sense of commitment to other members of the herd.
		The baby elephant, called a calf, weighs about 200 to 250 pounds and is able to walk only 2 hours after it is born.
	www.thebigzoo.com /Animals/Indian_Elephant.asp (554 words)

	Indian Elephant
		Elephants are herbivores and will spend up to 20 hours a day eating anywhere from 150 to 300kg of jungle fodder or 6 to 8% of their body weight in food each day.
		Elephants are very loyal to their mahouts and they are often associated with supernatural powers because they control such a big animal.
		Elephant possession and use as a royal mount was firmly established and along with this they became an asset of war.
	www.honoluluzoo.org /indian_elephant.htm (4337 words)

	Indian Elephant, Elephants in India, Indian Elephants, Indian Asian Elephant
		Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) is one of three subspecies/races of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus).
		Elephants do not use trunks like a straw to drink nstead they suck water into the trunk and later squirt it into their mouths.
		Elephant does not have canine teeth but four high molars for grinding of food etc. These molars do not succeed one another vertically as they do in case of mammals but come in succession from behind, one tooth at a time.
	www.india-wildlife-tour.com /indian-elephant (663 words)

	Indian Elephant,India Elephants,Elephant Safari Tours India,Asian Elephant in India
		The Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) is a one of three subspecies or races of the Asian elephant ''Elephas maximus".
		The Indian elephant for example, is larger, has longer front legs and a thinner body than the Asian elephant found in Thailand.
		Elephants in general are the largest existing land mammals and they have the biggest brains in the animal kingdom (weighing 5 kg or 11 lbs).
	www.indiawildlifesafaris.com /indian-elephant.html (341 words)

	Elephant
		Two extant species, the Indian elephant, of India and Southeast Asia, and the African elephant, ranging south of the Sahara, are now limited to tropical forests, savannas, deserts, and river valleys.
		The Indian elephant reaches heights of 10 ft tall and the African elephant, 13 ft tall.
		Elephants have only four molar or grinding teeth, one to each side of the upper and lower jaws; each is a massive plate about about 12 inches long and 4 inches wide.
	www.worldkids.net /eac/elephant.html (775 words)

	Asian Elephant
		Asian elephants are much smaller, weighing between 6,615 and 11,020 pounds at a height of about 7 to 12 feet compared to the 8,820 to 15,430 at 10 to 13 feet of the African elephant.
		Diet: Asian elephants are among the largest herbivores (plant eaters) preferring grasses, leaves, trees, and shrubs.
		When a young Asian elephant is stressed and nervous they will go to an adult and place the tip of their trunk in the adults mouth.
	www.thewildones.org /Animals/elephant.html (762 words)

	Elephant Conservation: Save the Indian elephant, support wildlife corridor project
		In the first elephant conservation project for the World land Trust (WLT), the Trust is working with the Wildlife Trust of India to protect a natural elephant corridor in north east India.
		Habitat fragmentation and encroachment from settlements, mining and dams is causing the numbers of Indian Elephants to fall.
		The Indian Elephant project will create the Siju-Rewat Elephant Corridor, in which local people have agreed to reduce their activities on the land in return for help with starting alternative sustainable businesses.
	www.worldlandtrust.org /news/india.htm (333 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Asian elephant, Indian elephant
		Asian elephants are distinguished from their African counterparts by their smaller size, smaller ears, more rounded back, and a fourth toenail on each of their hind feet.
		Asian elephants are very sociable and live in basic family units of one adult cow and her offspring.
		It is estimated that 28,000 to 42,000 Asian elephants remain in the wild.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/178.shtml (438 words)

	UNEP-WCMC - Asian (Indian) Elephant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Asian (Indian) Elephant - Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758.
		Elephants are also considered a pest in areas of agriculture, especially populations surrounded by cultivated land; crop raiding is frequent and there are often human deaths.
		Within elephant reserves, among other aims the project intends to link fragmented habitats by establishing corridors (now initiated in Uttar Pradesh), and protect corridors currently under threat; and also attend to the socio-economic problems that may be associated with elephant conservation action (Daniel, 1993).
	www.unep-wcmc.org /species/data/species_sheets/indeleph.htm (583 words)

	Asian Elephant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus), sometimes known by the name of its nominate subspecies (the Indian Elephant), is one of the three living species of elephant, and the only living species of the genus Elephas.
		Elephants live on average for 60 years in the wild and 80 in captivity.
		Elephants use infrasound to communicate and this was first noted by the Indian naturalist M.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Asian_Elephant (1135 words)

	Indian Elephant,Indian Elephants,Asian Elephants,Elephant India,Asian Elephant,Elephants in India
		Elephants always catch the attention of every onlooker, but just like Tigers and Lions this animal has also come under threat of extinction.
		As the human population increases, the elephants' natural habitat is destroyed, and they are forced to live on the farming areas, where they cause damage to crops.
		Bandipur, lying in the shadow of the Western Ghats, is one of the Asian elephant.
	www.indianwildlifeportal.com /wildlife-of-india/indian-elephant.html (624 words)

	Asian Elephant Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		The Asian Elephant (also known as the Indian Elephant) is a huge land animal that lives in India, Malaysia, Sumatra, and Sri Lanka.
		This elephant is used extensively for labor; very few are left in the wild.
		Elephants have few natural enemies except man, and they are in extreme danger of extinction due to loss of habitat and poaching (they are killed for their ivory tusks).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/mammals/elephant/Asiancoloring.shtml (336 words)

	Indian Elephant,Asian Elephants in India,Elephant in India,About Indian Elephants
		India, the land of mega diversity with its immense variety of flora and fauna, is the ideal place for the wildlife enthusiasts.
		The Asian elephant is one of the largest land mammals on Earth.
		In the elephant safaris a forest department guide always accompanies the guests who will direct and tell about the flora and fauna of the park.
	www.wildlife-tour-india.com /indian-wildlife/indian-elephant.html (1091 words)

	WWF - Indian elephant
		The skin colour of Asian elephants is dark grey to brown, with patches of pink on the forehead, the ears, the base of the trunk and chest.
		In many places across India, elephants are worshipped as Lord Ganesha (he is represented as a human form with an elephant head), and one prays to this deity before an undertaking in order to remove obstacles.
		When grasses are too short to be picked up with its trunk, the elephant scrapes the ground with its forefeet until a loose pile of grasses is formed, then sweeps the pile into its mouth with the "hand" of the trunk.
	www.panda.org /about_wwf/what_we_do/species/our_solutions/endangered_species/elephants/asian_elephants/indian_elephant/index.cfm (467 words)

	Which is larger, the African or Indian elephant?
		The African elephant of the savannah is 3-4 metres in height, and weighs 4-7 tonnes.
		The Asian elephant of Sri Lanka is 2-3 metres, and weighs 3-5 tonnes.
		The veins in an African elephant's ears are such it can lower its body temps by 15 deg C just by flapping them!
	www.funtrivia.com /askft/Question40234.html (139 words)

	Tandoori Sushi-Editorial-OPINION-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Indian foreign policy has for long been obsessed with the US and China, leaving another Asian giant lurking in the background: Japan.
		There are a lot of complementarities between Indian and Japanese economies which deserve to be exploited.
		It's time the Indian elephant cavorted with the Japanese panda.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /Tandoori_Sushi/articleshow/821395.cms (486 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: To the Elephant Graveyard: A True Story of the Hunt for a Man-killing Indian Elephant: Books: Tarquin Hall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		To the Elephant Graveyard has kept me gripped from page one, not just by the poetry of its language, but by the great sensitivity of what is a true tale."
		To the Elephant Graveyard is a remarkable piece of writing.
		This is not, as one might imagine, a forgotten short story from the early work of Rudyard Kipling, but Tarquin Hall's vivid and energetic debut as a travel writer - an authentic tale from the hills.
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	Definition of Indian elephant - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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	Indian Elephant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Indian Elephant Elephas maximus indicus is a subspecies of the Asian Elephant primarily found in India.
		Indian elephants usually use scrub forested areas, although their habitat may vary.
		They don't usually stay in one place for more than a few days.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Indian_elephant (128 words)

	CD Baby: THE BIG KIDZ BAND FEATURING SKIP EWING: Indian Elephant Tea
		His "wand" is the wonderfully engaging and riotously funny album, "Indian Elephant Tea", which he recorded with "The Big Kidz Band", a group of Nashville's top studio players.
		I've been in radio for 25 years and this is the first time that I've had adults consistently request "Old McDonald".
		"Indian Elephant Tea" is one of the few CD's that parents enjoy as much as the kids.
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	How To Tell An Indian Elephant From An African Elephant \| The Brunching Shuttlecocks
		How To Tell An Indian Elephant From An African Elephant
		How To Tell An Indian Elephant From An African Elephant
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	Picture - Indian elephant bull missing tusk - Indian elephant - Elephas maximus indicus - ARKive
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