Asian elephant introduction: There are 15-18 animals in the reserve. Asian elephants are the largest land animals on earth. Wild elephants in Nangunhe Nature Reserve have never been recorded in literature in the past. According to an investigation by the Provincial Forest Survey Team in the early 1980s, there was an elephant herd. In the elephant herd, there was only one male elephant and many female elephants. Among them A baby elephant is only about two years old. There is also a lone elephant that often wanders near the forest. The elephant likes water and often soaks in muddy ponds until it becomes covered in mud. In the wild elephant activity area, you can see the sludge on the big trees that the wild elephants have scratched everywhere. The elephant paths have a certain pattern and are about 70 centimeters wide. Because the elephant trunk is long, it is difficult to go straight up and down. The angle of lifting and flexing the legs and knees is small, making it difficult to climb. The slope always follows the ridge in an S-shape. The elephant herd has a "polygamous" structure. It is often a male elephant with a "group of wives". The male elephant leads the way and is on guard. If there is an abnormality, he will raise his long trunk to detect the direction. , thinking about whether to attack or retreat. With the protection of the male elephant, the female elephant forages leisurely and leisurely. The baby elephant always clings to the mother elephant and never leaves. Elephants generally live for 60-70 years, reach sexual maturity around 20 years old, give birth once every 4 years, and have a gestation period of 22 months. Months, one baby per litter. Wild elephants are active in the morning and dusk and hide in the shade at noon. Before ten o'clock in the morning and after five o'clock in the afternoon, they go out to look for food. A mature wild elephant eats 300 kilograms of green food a day. If you travel into the reserve, you can usually see the activities of the elephants at the observation deck of the reserve.

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