African Elephant (Loxodonto africana)

Podroben opis

Podrobno o African Elephant (Loxodonto africana)

The largest living land mammal, easily identified by its long, highly mobile and sensitive trunk, very large  ears and two tusks extending from the upper jaw. It can be distinguished form the Indian elephant by its large ears, which it uses as a heath regulator.

They have grey brown skin, virtually hairless except at the tip of the  tail. They usually take the natural colouration of the soils as a result of frequent mud and dust bathing. The most fascinating feature of the elephant is its tusk and its trumpet.

The trumpet is very muscular, and can tear up a tree by its root! The trumpet has many purposes: breathing and smelling, gathering food, drinking and showering. Both sexes have tusks, which can grow up to several meters.

Elephants are often spotted in large groups of females and babies, while the males are chased away as soon as they are old enough to manage on their own. Males appear in the mating season only, the rest of the time they wander about alone or in small groups.

Females gather food and protect their babies against predators.

Kratek pregled

Height: M 350cm, F 300 cm


Weight: M 5750 kg; F 3800kg


Active: Day and Night


Habitat: Savannah, scrub


Food: Bulk feeder and in a day only they can consume up to 230 kg grass and 150 liters of water!

Potrebujete pomoč?
Z veseljem pomagam

Mombasa se ponaša z nekaterimi najboljšimi plažami - ne le v Afriki, ampak na svetu! Kljub imenu "Kisiwa Cha Mvita" v lokalnem kisvahiliju, kar pomeni "otok vojne", pričara Mombasa vizijo neskončnih belih plaž in tropskega raja. In to zagotovo drži! A kje bivati? S petsto kilometri plaž in raznoliko ponudbo...
Na splošno lahko rečemo, da so safariji neverjetni in nepozabni, a tudi precej dragi. Najem avtomobila 4 x 4 in visoke pristojbine za narodne parke pomembno dvignejo ceno safarija v primerjavi z običajnimi počitnicami. Kadar potujete sami ali v dvoje, teh stroškov ni mogoče deliti z drugimi ljudmi in vaš...
Vodnik po plažah Zanzibarja Vsekakor obstajajo hujše težave kot odločiti se, katera od številnih plaž Zanzibarja bo vaš začasni košček raja! Izbire je ogromno in pravzaprav ne morete zgrešiti, a zaradi raznolikosti ponudbe vas bodo nekatere plaže navdušile bolj kot druge. Za lažjo odločitev smo za vas pripravili vodnik po...
Če se sprašujete, kakšno opremo za fotoaparat spakirati za popolno safari izkušnjo, ne iščite več! Tukaj je izčrpen seznam vse opreme za fotoaparat in dodatkov, ki jih boste potrebovali za svoj safari. Seznam fotografske opreme je za vas pripravila naša rezidenčna fotografinja Giulia Cimarosti, specialistka za safari pri Shadows of...
Več kot le čudovite plaže Ko slišite »Zanzibar«, kaj vam takoj pride na misel? Najverjetneje se vam v mislih pričara podoba neokrnjenih belih peščenih plaž, kristalno čiste turkizne vode, visečih mrež, ki se nežno zibajo na morskem vetriču in čudovitih letovišč, kjer strežejo ledeno mrzle pijače in okusno hrano z...