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Subject: Elephant Social behavior...
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: spacehog371-ga
List Price: $30.00
Posted: 03 Apr 2006 00:39 PDT
Expires: 03 May 2006 00:39 PDT
Question ID: 714871
I need information on the social behavior of elephants. Stuff like
feeding and breeding behavior, social structure, etc. etc. I only need
very basic information on the physical aspects... but what is most
important is the social stuff. Thanks.
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Subject: Re: Elephant Social behavior...
Answered By: easterangel-ga on 03 Apr 2006 04:32 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hi! Thanks for the question.

The following links provide discussions about the social behavior of elephants.

?Social and reproductive behaviour in elephants?
http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/oct102005/1200.pdf 

?African Elephant (Loxodonta Africana)?
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2004/Bossie/Social%20Organization.htm
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2004/Bossie/Social%20Spacing.htm

Nature Wildlife
http://www.nature-wildlife.com/eletxt.htm 

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant#Social_behavior 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah_Elephant#Social_behaviour 

?Family Structure?
http://elephant.elehost.com/About_Elephants/Family_Structure/family_structure.html 

?Elephants Imitate Sounds as a Form of Social Communication?
http://www.whoi.edu/mr/pr.do?id=3584 

Savanna Elephant Vocalization Project
http://www.elephantvoices.org/index.php?topic=why_comm&http://www.elephantvoices.org/why_comm/long_lived.html


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Easterangel-ga                              
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spacehog371-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $4.00
Good work.

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Subject: Re: Elephant Social behavior...
From: easterangel-ga on 06 Apr 2006 22:06 PDT
 
Thanks for the kind words, the 5 stars and for the generous tip! :)

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