Asian Elephants, Asian Elephant Pictures, Asian Elephant Facts. The elephant is Earth's largest land animal, although the Asian elephant is slightly smaller than its African cousin.
Asian elephants can be identified by their smaller, rounded ears. (An African elephant's ears resemble the continent of Africa.) Elephant ears radiate heat to help keep these large animals cool, but sometimes that isn't enough. Elephants are fond of water and enjoy showering by sucking water into their trunks and spraying it all over themselves. Basic Facts About Elephants. Habitat loss is one of the key threats facing elephants.
Many climate change projections indicate that key portions of elephants’ habitat will become significantly hotter and drier, resulting in poorer foraging conditions and threatening calf survival. Increasing conflict with human populations taking over more and more elephant habitat and poaching for ivory are additional threats that are placing the elephant’s future at risk. © Geoff Hall Defenders of Wildlife is working through the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to maintain a ban on the sale of ivory as well as on regulations that govern worldwide elephant protection. A herd of Asian Elephants. Asian Elephant. Screen shot 2012-09-20 at 3.49.52 PM.