Elephants are highly recognisable and have been featured in art, folklore, religion, literature, and popular culture.
In the past, they were used in war today, they are often controversially put on display in zoos, or exploited for entertainment in circuses. Elephants are used as working animals in Asia. Other threats to wild elephants include habitat destruction and conflicts with local people.
One of the biggest threats to elephant populations is the ivory trade, as the animals are poached for their ivory tusks. They appear to have self-awareness, and appear to show empathy for dying and dead family members.Īfrican bush elephants and Asian elephants are listed as endangered and African forest elephants as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Elephant intelligence has been compared with that of primates and cetaceans. They communicate by touch, sight, smell, and sound elephants use infrasound, and seismic communication over long distances. Elephants can live up to 70 years in the wild. Calves are the centre of attention in their family groups and rely on their mothers for as long as three years. They enter a state of increased testosterone and aggression known as musth, which helps them gain dominance over other males as well as reproductive success. Adult bulls mostly interact with family groups when looking for a mate. Males (bulls) leave their family groups when they reach puberty and may live alone or with other males. The groups, which do not include bulls, are usually led by the oldest cow, known as the matriarch. Females (cows) tend to live in family groups, which can consist of one female with her calves or several related females with offspring. Elephants have a fission–fusion society, in which multiple family groups come together to socialise. They are considered to be keystone species, due to their impact on their environments. They are herbivorous, and they stay near water when it is accessible. The pillar-like legs carry their great weight.Įlephants are scattered throughout sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia and are found in different habitats, including savannahs, forests, deserts, and marshes. The large ear flaps assist in maintaining a constant body temperature as well as in communication. Tusks, which are derived from the incisor teeth, serve both as weapons and as tools for moving objects and digging. The trunk is used for breathing, bringing food and water to the mouth, and grasping objects. Distinctive features of all elephants include a long proboscis called a trunk, tusks, large ear flaps, massive legs, and tough but sensitive skin. African elephants have larger ears and concave backs, whereas Asian elephants have smaller ears, and convex or level backs. Elephantidae also contains several extinct groups, including the mammoths and straight-tusked elephants. Elephantidae is the only surviving family of proboscideans extinct members include the mastodons. They are an informal grouping within the proboscidean family Elephantidae. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. These questions therefore formed the framework for the areas we looked at during the inspection.From top left to right: the African bush elephant, the Asian elephant and African forest elephant.Ĭladistically included but traditionally excluded taxaĮlephants are the largest existing land animals. To get to the heart of patients’ experiences of care and treatment, we always ask the following five questions: To assess the quality of care provided we looked at practice policies and protocols and other records relating to the management of the service. We also spoke with the principal dentist, an associate dentist, one dental nurse, the receptionist, the decontamination technician and the practice manager. The inspection was led by a CQC inspector who was accompanied by a specialist advisor.ĭuring the inspection we reviewed 41 completed CQC comment cards. This inspection was planned to check whether the registered provider was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008. We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions.
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