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Elephants in the Zoo Basel
Born: 1976 in Krüger National Park in South Africa Gender: female Since 1984 in the zoo Basel Distinguishing features: clear horizontal wrinkles on her forehead, short tusks. Heri was born in Krüger National Park in South Africa ...
Elephant Trunk
What does people fascinate about the elephants? It’s neither the mass, nor the big ears, which make the elephant so likeable for most people, but it’s the trunk. All people, whether adults or children, ...
Elephant Training and Dressage in the zoo and circus
Why are elephants trained? Unlike domestic animals, which were bred continuously deploying the most suitable animals, elephants in the zoo and in the circus are wild animals – however sweet and nice they are ...
Teeth, second dentition, Tusks
What is special about elephant teeth? In contrast to humans, elephants are lucky enough to undergo further dentition 6 times. Teeth are not, however, exchanged from the bottom to the top (vertically), as in ...
Swimming and diving elephants
Can elephants swim and dive? Like all mammals (except humans and apes, who have to learn how to swim), elephants are very good, untiring swimmers. Elephants move all four legs to swim and are ...
Stereotypical behavior in elephants
What is stereotypical behavior? Any keen observer visiting a zoo or circus has noticed behavioral disorders and stereotypical behavior in different kinds of animals: chimps tearing out their own fur as well as that ...
Elephant Smallpox
Where has elephant smallpox occurred? Elephant smallpox occurred for the first time in 1960 in Leipzig Zoo and spread to various countries, primarily in Central Europe, in the following years. How does the illness ...
Elephant Sleep
Do elephants sleep for long? Elephants, just as all other wild animals, are extremely careful and never drop their guard. Avoiding your enemies and staying alert are the most important factors in surviving in ...
Pregnancy of elephants
How long does an elephant cow’s menstrual cycle last? An elephant cow’s oestrogen cycle lasts 3-4 months. Thus an elephant cow is only ready to be covered by the bull about 3 to 4 ...