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DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Elephant House/Trail:

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1. SINZEL_190607_009.JPG: Elephant Trails Homer and Martha Gudelsky Elephant Outpost
2. SINZEL_190607_016.JPG: How many are left? Only 30,000 to 50,000 Asian elephants live in the wild today. That's not many! They have to share their space with more than one billion people. Why are they in trouble? * Habitat destruction * Conflict with people * Poaching for ivory or traditional medicine * Capture for logging or tourism
3. SINZEL_190607_018.JPG: Ready to save Asian elephants Explore their home. Asian elephants live in fragmented habitats across 13 countries. They are so endangered that they could be extinct in your lifetime. Check out the innovative ways that National Zoo scientists and our partners in conservation are working to protect them.
4. SINZEL_190607_023.JPG: Elephant Trek This 1/4-mile-long exercise trail gives our elephants a great workout. The trek is one of the National Zoo's most innovative enrichment features. Take a look -- you might get a glimpse of our elephants walking up or down the hill, exploring as they go.
5. SINZEL_190607_030.JPG: Asian or African? Asian and African elephants are two different species with different ancestors. Both species have declined dramatically, but today there are 10 times more African elephants than Asian elephants.
6. SINZEL_190607_032.JPG: Ears
7. SINZEL_190607_034.JPG: Ears: Asian Asian elephants have smaller, angular ears that do not go above the neck.
8. SINZEL_190607_036.JPG: Ears: African African elephants have bigger, more rounded ears that rise above the neck.
9. SINZEL_190607_039.JPG: Trunks: African African elephants have two "fingers" on the end of their trunks.
10. SINZEL_190607_042.JPG: Trunks: Asian Asian elephants have a single "finger" on the end of their trunks.
11. SINZEL_190607_045.JPG: Tusks: Africans Both male and female African elephants have tusks.
12. SINZEL_190607_048.JPG: Tusks: Asian Only some male Asian elephants have tusks. Females have no tusks or short tusks called tushes.
13. SINZEL_190607_052.JPG: Foreheads: African African elephants have a single dome on the top of their heads.
14. SINZEL_190607_055.JPG: Foreheads: Asian Asian elephants have two domes on the top of their heads.
15. SINZEL_190607_058.JPG: Ready to save Asian elephants?
16. SINZEL_190607_070.JPG: Asian elephant An Elephantine Crisis How can you help?
17. SINZEL_190607_087.JPG: Insect Repellent and Malaria Pills When working in places with mosquitoes and malaria, it's important to protect yourself from disease!
18. SINZEL_190607_095.JPG: Asian elephants once lived from Turkey to China.
19. SINZEL_190607_098.JPG: Asian elephants could be extinct in your lifetime.
20. SINZEL_190607_101.JPG: African elephants far outnumber Asian elephants.
21. SINZEL_190607_105.JPG: Human-elephant conflict is often deadly.
22. SINZEL_190607_109.JPG: Many Americans still buy illegal elephant ivory.
23. SINZEL_190607_112.JPG: Asian elephant Studying Asian Elephants How can you help?
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Wikipedia Description: Elephant House - Home to the zoo's Asian Elephant family, as well as a single Nile hippopotamus, pygmy hippopotamus, and capybara. The zoo's pygmy hippos are descended from a famous pygmy hippo named Billy, who was a pet of president Calvin Coolidge. Rhinoceros and Giraffe were once kept in this building, but the zoo moved them to another zoo to make room for its baby male Asian elephant, Kandula. On June 22, 2006, the zoo announced plans for a new $60 million state-of-the-art Asian elephant exhibit, called "Elephant Trails."
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- 2021_DC_SINZ_Elephant: DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Elephant House/Trail (1 photo from 2021)
- 2020_DC_SINZ_Elephant: DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Elephant House/Trail (36 photos from 2020)
- 2016_DC_SINZ_Elephant: DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Elephant House/Trail (5 photos from 2016)
- 2013_DC_SINZ_Elephant: DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Elephant House/Trail (47 photos from 2013)
- 2012_DC_SINZ_Elephant: DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Elephant House/Trail (12 photos from 2012)
- 2010_DC_SINZ_Elephant: DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Elephant House/Trail (25 photos from 2010)
- 2009_DC_SINZ_Elephant: DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Elephant House/Trail (7 photos from 2009)
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- 2007_DC_SINZ_Elephant: DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Elephant House/Trail (31 photos from 2007)
- 2006_DC_SINZ_Elephant: DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Elephant House/Trail (48 photos from 2006)
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Sort of Related Pages: Still more pages here that have content somewhat related to this one:
- 2003_DC_FONZ_Viewing_031125: DC -- FONZ Viewing -- Elephants: Unveiling Kandula's new yard (31 photos from 2003)
- 2003_MD_FONZ_Event_031113: MD -- FONZ Event -- "Kandula" preview showing @ Discovery Headquarters (8 photos from 2003)
- 2010_DC_FONZ_Ceremony_100902: DC -- FONZ Event -- Elephants: Opening of Phase I of Elephant Trails (139 photos from 2010)
- 2007_DC_FONZ_Event_071117: DC -- FONZ Event -- Elephants: Kandula 6th birthday events (79 photos from 2007)
- 2007_DC_FONZ_Ceremony_071117: DC -- FONZ Event -- Elephants: Kandula 6th birthday ceremony (74 photos from 2007)
- 2006_DC_FONZ_Viewing_061119: DC -- FONZ Event -- Elephants: Kandula 5th birthday event -- Presents and Cake (87 photos from 2006)
- 2006_DC_FONZ_Ceremony_061119: DC -- FONZ Event -- Elephants: Kandula 5th birthday event (55 photos from 2006)
- 2006_DC_FONZ_Event_061119: DC -- FONZ Event -- Elephants: Kandula 5th birthday (58 photos from 2006)
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2019 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Trips this year: a four-day jaunt to Massachusetts (Boston, Stockbridge, and Springfield) to experience rain in another state, Asheville, NC to visit Dad and his wife Dixie, four trips to New York City (including the United Nations, Flushing, and the New York Comic-Con), and my 14th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con (including sites in Utah). Number of photos taken this year: about 582,000.
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