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

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

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
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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