Asian Elephant
1. Title: Asian Elephant-Elephas Maximus
2. Purpose: To learn how and why the Asian Elephant got on the endangered species list. Elephants are one of the largest land mammals in the world and they have been targets to man and other animals.
3. Background: My overall background the Asian Elephant is very limited. I know that they come from Asian and many were hunter for their tusks. You can find a few Asian Elephants at the local zoos and there is always controversy on elephants and the circus. There have laws put in place to make it illegal to hunt elephants for their skin and their tusks but I don’t know how strict that law. I know some hunters who have a license to hunt in Asian and he has trophies of lions, zebras, hippos and even elephants. Elephants are herbivores and they don’t seem like aggressive animals.
4. Hypothesis: I think the main reason why the Asian Elephant has become endangered is because man use to hunt them like crazy for their tusks and their skin. Ivory was huge back in the day and many elephants and many died in vicious attacks for it. Also I would have to say a lot of elephants were also captured for the purpose of circuses and slave labor. Of course I could be wrong about the slave labor thing because I got that from the movies.
5. Data: The Asian Elephant are found in Asia in and around tropical rainforests, forest, grasslands areas, and scrub.( 1) They are one of the largest land mammal to walk the earth and they are on the verge of extinction.The Asian Elephants are known to have smaller tusks than the African Elephants and d their heads are very big with large lumps on them. The Asian Elephants have been used over 4,000 years as tamed animals in the time of war and peace in the Asian countries. A lot of people have looked at these creatures as gods or some type of royalty because they are so huge and sweet. Plus they are more likely to be recruited in the circus than their fellow elephant the African Elephant. Figure 1
2. Purpose: To learn how and why the Asian Elephant got on the endangered species list. Elephants are one of the largest land mammals in the world and they have been targets to man and other animals.
3. Background: My overall background the Asian Elephant is very limited. I know that they come from Asian and many were hunter for their tusks. You can find a few Asian Elephants at the local zoos and there is always controversy on elephants and the circus. There have laws put in place to make it illegal to hunt elephants for their skin and their tusks but I don’t know how strict that law. I know some hunters who have a license to hunt in Asian and he has trophies of lions, zebras, hippos and even elephants. Elephants are herbivores and they don’t seem like aggressive animals.
4. Hypothesis: I think the main reason why the Asian Elephant has become endangered is because man use to hunt them like crazy for their tusks and their skin. Ivory was huge back in the day and many elephants and many died in vicious attacks for it. Also I would have to say a lot of elephants were also captured for the purpose of circuses and slave labor. Of course I could be wrong about the slave labor thing because I got that from the movies.
5. Data: The Asian Elephant are found in Asia in and around tropical rainforests, forest, grasslands areas, and scrub.( 1) They are one of the largest land mammal to walk the earth and they are on the verge of extinction.The Asian Elephants are known to have smaller tusks than the African Elephants and d their heads are very big with large lumps on them. The Asian Elephants have been used over 4,000 years as tamed animals in the time of war and peace in the Asian countries. A lot of people have looked at these creatures as gods or some type of royalty because they are so huge and sweet. Plus they are more likely to be recruited in the circus than their fellow elephant the African Elephant. Figure 1