Table of Contents
- 1 Why elephants should not be protected?
- 2 Why is it bad if elephants become extinct?
- 3 What are opinions about elephants?
- 4 What would happen if elephants did not exist?
- 5 Are elephants harmful to humans?
- 6 Why is elephant poaching a threat to the environment?
- 7 Why do elephants have such a long memory?
- 8 Why should we save endangered Cheetahs?
- 9 Why should African elephants be saved?
Why elephants should not be protected?
Elephants are keystone animals, acting as gardeners, engineers, and architects for ecosystems, dispersing seeds, clearing scrub, and fertilizing the soil with their dung. Without them, other animals and plants would suffer, as would villagers who rely on the natural environment for their livelihoods.
Why is it bad if elephants become extinct?
As elephant numbers decrease, so do the trees. Decreasing or completely losing the tree species that rely on elephants not only is an issue for the balance of our flora, it also affects the herbivores that feed and live in these trees such as bats, birds, insects, and other mammals.
Why do elephants need to survive?
Elephants, like most animals, have two essenƟal requirements to survive. Elephants get their food and water from their habitat. A habitat is an area where an animal lives that supplies food and water. Elephants are herbivores and find grasses, bushes, and trees in their habitat.
What are opinions about elephants?
Elephants are revered, feared, cherished and exploited. Wild-living elephants are hunted for their tusks, skin and trophies and forced out of their natural habitats by growing human populations. Captive-held elephants are exploited for use in religious ceremonies in Asia and entertainment around the world.
What would happen if elephants did not exist?
Ecosystems without elephants would struggle to support themselves. For example, elephants break branches off trees, sometimes the entire tree itself. It may seem destructive, but this creates micro-habitats for seedlings and small animals, like mongooses, and invertebrate animals such as butterflies.
What would happen without elephants?
Many of the watering holes elephants created will become lagoons with the rains and host an entire ecosystem with fish, waterfowl, crocodiles, and hippos. Or they will hold enough water to give plant life a good start. But birds need water and food. Birds of prey would also disappear.
Are elephants harmful to humans?
They can be very dangerous too. While many people in the West regard elephants with affection and admiration, the animals often inspire fear and anger in those who share their land. Elephants eat up to 450kg of food per day. They are messy eaters, uprooting and scattering as much as is eaten.
Why is elephant poaching a threat to the environment?
Facts. Once common throughout Africa and Asia, elephant populations have experienced significant declines over the last century. The greatest threat to African elephants is poaching for the illegal ivory trade, while Asian elephant populations are most at risk from habitat loss and resulting human-elephant conflict.
How can we save the elephants?
To get there, we employ five major strategies:
- Prevent illegal killing.
- Protect elephant habitat.
- Monitor elephant numbers, poaching rates, and threats to elephant habitat at key sites in Africa and Asia.
- Reduce ivory trafficking.
- Reduce the demand for ivory.
Why do elephants have such a long memory?
The elephant brain is denser than the human’s, and the temporal lobes, associated to memory, are more developed than in humans. Elephant’s lobes also have more foldings, so that they can store more information. That’s why elephants have excellent memory.
Why should we save endangered Cheetahs?
Cheetahs are being skinned and killed everyday, so we could sell their fur. That’s not all, were destroying their homes. By us cutting down the rain forest, we are causing lots of different species to become endangered. We must save the cheetahs because they are the fastest land animals ever to live on the planet Earth.
Why are elephants scared of bees?
Elephants are scared of bees, scientists say. Elephants flee the sound of angry bees, with the vast majority turning to run within seconds of hearing the sound of buzzing, scientists said. The findings are surprising because elephant skin was thought to be so thick that bee stings do not make any impression.
Why should African elephants be saved?
Reasons to save the elephant: Communities across Africa are dependent on elephants for an income through tourism. Saving the elephants also means preventing poverty, sustaining livelihoods and promoting sustainable tourism. Elephants are a keystone species. Other animals, plants and entire ecosystems rely on them for survival.