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Elephant Mating Behavior
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Elephant Mating Behavior
The mating behaviors of African Elephants, including estrous and musth periods of development in the males and females.
1,355 words (approx. 5.4 pages) |
5 sources |
2001
Paper Summary:
This paper is on the mating behavior of elephants. The author briefly covers the estrus period in females and mainly focuses on the musth period in the bull elephants. It covers the multiple steps involved in the courtship of both males and females.From the Paper:
"A female, being lighter, can usually outrun a male that is pursuing her. Thus she does not have to mate with every male that is pursuing her. When the female goes into consort with a musth bull they exclusively mate ensuring the offspring will have the genes of the dominant male. Throughout the description of the sexual behavior of elephants it becomes clear that the mating patterns elephants have evolved are extremely well suited to their lifestyles. This highly adaptive form of mating behaviors ensures that the elephant will successfully mate and pass on dominant genes for many years."More papers on Elephant Mating Behavior:
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Elephant Mating Behavior (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 10, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Elephant-Mating-Behavior/2793
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"Elephant Mating Behavior" 15 January 2012. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Elephant-Mating-Behavior/2793>
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Oct 12, 2001 Old Dominion College in Norfolk, VA. I am major in Biology. I have received all A's on my papers. The ones I have posted have been proofread by professors, so they are correct. I have recently graduated summa cum laude with my B.S in Biology.
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