Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Extraordinary Elephants

Correspondent Bob Simon is wild about elephants. He's been known to travel halfway around the world to do a story about his favorite members of the animal kingdom. Here are two of his favorite pachyderm stories: an amazing elephant orphanage in Kenya and the tale behind the boom in elephant art, that's right, elephant art.

Extraordinary Elephants
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DID YOU KNOW?

  • An average elephant weighs approximately 200 pounds when it is born, and tips the scale at 8000 pounds as an adult.
  • Elephants are herbivores and consume over a 100 species of plants.
  • They use a variety of sounds to communicate, including infrasound, which is not detectable by human ears.
  • The average life expectancy for an elephant is 70.

Orphans & Artists

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1
I learned a lot about elephants today. I am going to keep this to share with others. I love elephants, especially the babies.
Posted by burgundy_garnet on Wed, Mar 7, 2007 8:08 PM ET
2
We need more people like them, to help with the animals. GREAT JOB.
Posted by shellx2dd@sbcglobal.net on Wed, Mar 7, 2007 9:39 PM ET
3
It's nice to see someone who care. We need more people like them to save the animal and the planet because at the rate that we're going. I think wildlife we be gone in the blink of an eye.
Posted by thuc_tr1982 on Thu, Mar 8, 2007 12:19 AM ET
4
Once I sold a textile with an elephant on it to a man. He loves elephants and said, "elephants are good people." I knew what he meant. I've never known an elephant but I have noticed how tender they are with each other. South Africa has an overpopulation and some may be killed, though most other African countries have few. They should be kept hungry for a couple of days then offered food while being lead to underpopulated areas.
Posted by suztree14 on Thu, Mar 8, 2007 1:43 AM ET
5
did anyone see the elephant in some part of africa i think giving birth to her baby her h2o bag broke and the baby elephant dropped really fast as other grown elephants stood guard over the mother giving birth it was awsome and beautiful but i cant find it anymore on the web
Posted by harperruby@sbcglobal.net on Thu, Mar 8, 2007 5:09 AM ET
6
What is the future plans for this creature? Hard to keep an elephant adult as a pet I would think.... plus, it might outlive you!
Posted by mpmarti_pmarti on Thu, Mar 8, 2007 10:48 AM ET
7
I was disappointed that they didn't say why Endololo, the little blind elephant, died... This was a wonderful story though...
Posted by sapphiblue on Thu, Mar 8, 2007 11:09 AM ET
8
I do praise these people. They prefer living in the wild and help abandoned animals to survive. I wish I could also be part of their team =D
Posted by sdelleva on Thu, Mar 8, 2007 1:37 PM ET
9
Elephants are intelligent. They have a soul. They shouldn't be chained in circuses just for our entertainment.
Posted by rajanam on Thu, Mar 8, 2007 2:26 PM ET
10
www.elephants.com It's a sanctuary in TN. The people who opened and run it are heros to me.
Posted by stella635 on Thu, Mar 8, 2007 2:37 PM ET

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