4. •Individuals greet
each other by
stroking or
wrapping their
trunks.
•Older elephants
use trunk-
slaps, kicks and
shoves to
discipline younger
ones (calve).
5. • The young male
elphants appear to
enter musth during
the dry season
(January–May)
•Older bulls go
through it during the
wet season (June–
December)
6. Illegal hunting, The
poaching of elephants
for their ivory, meat
and hides has been
one of the major
threats to their
existence.
Habitat
loss, Farming and
development has lead
to vast areas of
natural forest being
burned, chopped
down, and destroyed