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How long do elephants live?

Are elephants long lived? What is the average life span of an elephant?
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sniggles | 1 year, 3 months ago
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Good day and thank you for your question. The length of time and elephant can live depends greatly on it's environment. For instance an elephant the lives in captivity like in a zoo has a life span of about sixty to seventy years of age. Most of the zoo elephants dies from obesity and lack of exercise as they are cages up all day long.

Elephants that live in the natural habitat in the wild have a much lesser chance of reaching that age becasue of poachers and trappers that sell the mammals tusks for money. There is also an age range for specific species of elephants, the Asian elephant has a lifespan of roughly forty years of age mainly becasue these are the elephants that are working out in the forests. The Asian elephant species lives about two years longer that that of the African elephant.

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mayalocke | 1 year, 2 months ago
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African elephants are the largest of all the land mammals. There are two species or variations that live within the continent - the the Savannah or bush elephant, and the forest elephant. The Savannah elephants are slightly larger than their forest kin and their tusks curve in an outward direction away from their bodies.

The other species of elephant on the continent is the forest elephant which is smaller than the bush elephant and has a darker colour to its skin. This sub species has evolved more oval shaped ears and has tusks that point downwards and are straighter. There are also variations in the size and shape of the two species skeletal structure and skulls.

About Elephants - http://www.wildlife-animals.com/elephant/african-elephants.php

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