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#asianelephant Nellie lifts her trunk and takes a long drink from the stream of a #firehose courtesy of the @miamidadefirerescue team! Enriching the lives of #zoo animals is all about providing novel stimuli, and bringing a #firetruck on zoo grounds to hose down the elephants certainly counts as a unique experience. This particular #environmentalenrichment experience was part of a demonstration put on by the zoo for attendees of the #elephantmanagersassociation conference. #askmeaboutelephants #asianelephant #zooelephant #onlyelephantsshouldwearivory (at Zoo Miami)
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Asian #elephants Shine, Rose, and calf Lily take a dust bath in the pouring rain at the #oregonzoo - while the dirt won’t fulfill its normal function as sun protection when it’s so wet out, but dust bathing together as a herd also increases social cohesion. #asianelephant #rainydays #elephantherd #cute #zooanimals (at Oregon Zoo)
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Elephants have six sets of chewing #teeth that cycle through their mouth over the course of their lives, with older ones being pushed out by the new ones growing in. This means that old #elephants must use their last, worn set of molars to eat for the last years of their lives. As a result, elderly elephants fare better in human care - where we can modify their diet to accommodate their dental needs - than they do in the wild.
Ambika, a 71 year old elephant at the National Zoo, is the third-oldest Asian elephant in North America. In this photo, her keepers hand-feed her soft and pre-ground foods so that she doesn’t have to chew solids with her last set of molars.
#asianelephant #elephants #askmeaboutelephants #elephantcare #zoo #zooanimals #animalwelfare #matriach #goldengirl (at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute)
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Help us reach 25,000 signatures for Laxmi. Once we hit that number we will do a major press-release showing that there is a groundswell of people who demand justice for her. Laxmi died from starvation and from severe beatings. Charges need to be filed against her abusers. Public awareness and pressure will help. https://e-activist.com/page/19919/petition/1
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She was in a logging camp in Myanmar. She had time off while nursing her baby. What a beautiful creature
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#elephant #asianelephant #travelsinasia
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