When looking at an African elephant and an Asian elephant side-by-side, you can really tell the differences in their head shapes and tasks. African elephants generally have much larger tusks than ...

Their tusks never stop growing. Elephants with huge tusks will be old elephants. The female Asian elephants, however, don’t grow tusks. Imagine eating for 12 to 18 hours of the day. Almost equal ...

Younger males with smaller tusks avoid fights with older elephants. There are two broad species of elephants, the African and Asian elephants. Both sexes of African elephants still have tusks.

She walked in front of the elephant when it took one of its tusks and gored her to death ... Thailand is home to 15% of the 52,000 Asian elephants currently living in the wild.

He reached beyond the average life expectancy for Asian elephants. Officials say Rex was recognizable by his impressive tusks and freckled forehead. He also enjoyed his independence and preferred ...

Regionally, Kenya has also emerged as a major transit route for ivory destined for Asian markets from eastern ... Asia and the Middle East, where elephant tusks and rhinoceros horns are used ...

He was one of the oldest male Asian elephants in the Association of Zoos ... A favorite among Zoo guests, Rex was recognizable by his impressive tusks and freckle-dotted forehead.