The Behaviors of
African elephants
The societies of
Africa elephants are arranged around family units. Each family unit is made up
of around ten closely related females and their calves and is led by an older
female known as the matriarch.[3] When separate family units bond, they form
kinship or bond groups. After puberty, male elephants tend to form alliances
with other males most especially during mating season.
Compared to other wild animals in Africa Elephants are at
their most fertile between the ages of 25 and 45.[3] Calves are born after a
gestation period of nearly two years. The calves are cared for by their mother
and other young females in the group, known as allomothers
Elephants use some vocalisations that are beyond the hearing
range of humans, to communicate across large distances. Elephant mating rituals
include the gentle entwining of trunks
The fore Africa elephants are not easy for domesticated .
during the climatic changes of the Pleistocene.[14]
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