How Do The Indian And African Elephants Differ?
The jumbo we see in the zoo is usually an elephant of India. The large gentleman is very civilized and seems quite at home with his human friends. His African cousin is somewhat larger. But he is not so smart and rarely makes a happy adjustment with the human family. There are marked differences in the appearance of the Indian elephant and the elephant of Africa. But there are even greater differences in character and brain power between the two giant cousins. Though somewhat smaller, the elephant of india is more adaptable and more friendly to human beings. What’s more, he can be trained to do valuable work; except in rare and perhaps doubtful cases, the elephant of africa absolutely refuses to work for his living. All elephants look very much alike, and no one would mistake them for any other animals. It might be hard to tell an African elephant from an Asiatic elephant of india unless we knew what to look for. But side by side, the different features are quite plain. The elephant of
