Thursday, July 19, 2007

Indian Elephants

Elephant is the largest living land animal in the earth today and they can be categorized into three major types. African bush elephant, African forest elephant and Asian elephant are the three main types of elephants. Asian elephants are also popularly known as Indian elephants. In Asian countries, elephants are often worshipped and are considered as sign of wisdom. Elephants are also used for /www.wildlifesanctuaryindia.com/safari.asp">elephant safari and /www.wildlifesanctuaryindia.com/">wildlife tours. Though it is an animal, studies revealed that memory and intelligence of elephants are high.

Today, numbers of elephants are decreasing as a result of human intrusion inside different forests. At present it is a protected species in most of View the rest of this article


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