Talk:African Bush Elephant
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The grassland is generally spelled "savanna" in English, Savannah, Georgia to the contrary notwithstanding. I have often made this error myself. Wetman 18:04, 30 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I agree. Savanna is the proper spelling. --Andrew Phelps 22:36, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Move to Savanna elephant
This article has been renamed as the result of a move request.
The correct spelling is savanna, and elephant should not be capitalized.
Move done. --File Éireann 23:05, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
- It appears the move was undone. Support, as per nomination. — Knowledge Seeker দ 22:41, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Spanish Page
The spanish wikipedia has an exellent article on savanna elephants at http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefante_africano, anyone able to translate? I've done some, but my spanish skills are a bit limited Crucible Guardian 20:37, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Not Dissected
The article that the 4-meter specimen's body is "dissected" in the Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. The body is mounted, there, not dissected there. Saying that it is dissected is an outright factual error. I also corrected the name to be "National Museum of Natural History" and gave it a link. Freshyill 18:47, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ancient warfare
The Carthagians were not the only ancient nation to use African elephants. In fact, they were used by the Ptolemies (see enclosed sources), and later by the Seleucids as well. The Ptolemies did probably even use two species of African elephants: the extinct Libyan form and "Ethiopian" elephants. The latter species, certainly one of the two extant forms, were something they prided themselves on being the first to domesticate. Also, it could well be argued if Hannibal crossed the Alps with elephants. Before he had descended properly, all of them were dead. --Sponsianus 21:25, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 2 species?
I thought there's only 1 species! How come I didn't tknow there's 2 species before? --68.97.69.115 18:41, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
- It was aruond 2000 that the split happened, although some scientists are now arguing that they are just subspecies. For now, they are distinct species. - UtherSRG (talk) 19:27, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] A Natural Predator
I've heard a good argument that humans are actually the elephant's natural predator since the two species evolved along side one another and humans are the only ones that can take down and adult (and as noted in the article, they have a reason to hunt them as the elephant supplies lots of meat, etc). Can we get a biologist's opinion on this? David Youngberg 19:19, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
- First, a small clarification: Whether we like it or not, humans are part of the world, the natural world. Hence humans are natural predators of any species they prey on. That includes elephants, whales, rabbits, frogs and snails. Having said that, humans are indeed the only 'remaining' and significant predator of elephants, although lions do prey on elephant calves in some areas. I can't tell you whether the Miocece ancestors of elephants had large predators to take them on, but certainly in the Pleistocene humans seem to have been the principal predators of woolly mammoths and elephants. Pitix 11:29, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Colbertians
Just reference the colbert "population growth" in it's own section with a [pop cultural] subheading. Give the Colbertians what they want. You can't keep the page locked forever!
Just give the Colbertians what they want, let them have a population growth reference. You can even say it's a lie, as long as we get it on there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Caboose127 (talk • contribs) .
- Actually, yes, we can. Legitiate edits can be proposed here, while joke ones rebuffed. - UtherSRG (talk) 21:12, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Recent Events?
How is this article closely related to recent events? I vote for removal of the tag. Mzyxptlk 21:10, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
- I second that removal. Totnesmartin 22:55, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
