SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
GROUP BEHAVIOR
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Question
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A mother elephant takes care of her baby for the first two years of its life.
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Elephants that live alone don’t live as long as the ones that live with other elephants.
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Male elephants sometimes use their very long teeth, or tusks, to fight.
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Elephants can eat up to 300 pounds of bark, grasses, fruits, and roots in one day.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Elephant herd is lead by the oldest female. A single herd contains 10-12 female elephants. This leads to a safer environment for the smaller elephants to grow. It is also easirer for them to find food as a group.
Detailed explanation-2: -Elephants, like humans, are social animals. In the wild, females typically live in herds of eight or more, yet Asha, who’s nearly 40 years old, has been confined mostly alone for more than 30 years.
Detailed explanation-3: -Elephants live in tightly-bonded female-led herds. This is led by the oldest and often largest female in the herd, called a matriarch. Herds usually consist of 8-100 individuals, depending on terrain and family size. When a calf is born, it is raised and protected by the whole matriarchal herd.