Over the course of evolution, the elephant as we know it today has evolved into a strong forced bulldozer that has the power to modify the landscape it resides in. If you see nature as something static and in a particular way then any change no matter how minute will amount to destruction. Put in perspective, the effect that elephants have on their environment may not be as serious are we have been led to believe. Unfortunately for some, our narrow opinion of seeing elephants as only living bulldozers of destruction is far from the case. As much as 80 percent of what elephants consume is returned to the soil as barely digested highly fertile manure.
Elephants provide a vital role in the ecosystem they inhabit.
They modify their habitat by converting savannah and woodlands to grasslands Elephants can provide water for other species by digging water holes in dry riverbeds the depressions created by their footprints and their bodies trap rainfall Elephants act as seed dispersers by their fecal matter. An Elephants journey through the high grass provides food for birds by disturbing small reptiles, amphibians or insects. In the tradition of elephant sites, we have provided a breakdown of elephants into two categories for basic physical statistics. The Asian elephant, Elephas Maximus, has an enormous domed head with relatively small ears, an arched back and a single finger like protuberance that is located at the tip of the trunk. An Asian elephant has five toes on the front of the feet and and four on the back.