My Favorite animal

Elephants

My favorite animal is the elephant, i like them because they are a very noble but also very imposing animals and majestic that command a lot of respect, besides being very intelligent, I also like them for their meaning, since they are a symbol of wisdom, good luck (this is why I always carry an elephant symbol with me), loyalty, strength and fidelity.

The elephant is a herbivorous animal. Its diet is made up of bark and leaves of both trees and shrubs, herbs and fruits. This is grouped in herds with a matriarchal organization, Elephants usually always live around a water source.

Today there are two genera, the African elephant and the Asian elephant, they are the largest land animals in the world. Its trunk is boneless and it uses it to collect food, make sounds and identify smells On the other hand, their ears not only serve to detect the sounds of the environment but also to regulate their body temperature, they also have very large and strong ivory tusks that can weigh up to 120 kg.

The greatest threat to this species is humans, who continue to destroy their natural habitat or hunt it for the ivory trade and other purposes. And despite the action of activists and animal lovers, much remains to be done in regard to their protection. Some 25,000 elephants are illegally killed each year to obtain ivory for their tusks. The number of specimens victim of poaching grew so much that in recent years that in 2010 it exceeded the reproductive rate of the species. If this trend is not changed, by 2050 the African elephant will be extinct.