Elephants

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ELEPHANTS, from TODTRI, is a beautifully illustrated introduction to the nature and the life cycle of one of the earth's most majestic creatures. Present-day elephants descended from an ancient order: Proboscidea, animals with trunks, with origins extending back somé 60 millión years to the end of the age of the reptiles. The African and the Indián elephants are what remain today, having evolved directly from the Elephantidae family in the Pleistocene epoch somé one and a half millión years ago. Among the largest of land mammals, the elephant is today in somé parts of the world a threatened species. In ELEPHANTS, the author traces this ancient, respected lineage and then discusses in detail the traits and characteristics of both the African and the Indián elephant as they exist in the wild today. In both words and pictures, ELEPHANTS reveals: • How to recognize and identify the African and Indián species • Feeding and breeding practices of the Indián work elephant as well as the... Tovább

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ELEPHANTS, from TODTRI, is a beautifully illustrated introduction to the nature and the life cycle of one of the earth's most majestic creatures. Present-day elephants descended from an ancient order: Proboscidea, animals with trunks, with origins extending back somé 60 millión years to the end of the age of the reptiles. The African and the Indián elephants are what remain today, having evolved directly from the Elephantidae family in the Pleistocene epoch somé one and a half millión years ago. Among the largest of land mammals, the elephant is today in somé parts of the world a threatened species. In ELEPHANTS, the author traces this ancient, respected lineage and then discusses in detail the traits and characteristics of both the African and the Indián elephant as they exist in the wild today. In both words and pictures, ELEPHANTS reveals: • How to recognize and identify the African and Indián species • Feeding and breeding practices of the Indián work elephant as well as the wild African plains elephant • The leading role of the elephant matriarch in a group's natural hierarchy • The myth of the elephant graveyard. With a distinct wildlife intelligence and an impressive grace, the elephant has survived for millions of years. ELEPHANTS is just one title from the successful and highly collectible Portraits Of The Animál World series from TODTRI. It will help those who enjoy the natural world appreciate this remarkable animal and preserve it in its habitat for all the years to come. Vissza