Testing the waters (11932533316)

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Description: One of the Borneo Pygmy Elephants came fairly close to me: there was a water pool just after the retaining wall I was standing behind. Yes, he does look rather small, doesn't he? And I was surprised at the large tusks of an elephant of that size. I would consider him a juvenile, I I'd seem him in any other Asian country. The pre-eminent threats to the Asian elephant today are habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation, which are driven by an expanding human population, and lead in turn to increasing conflicts between humans and elephants when elephants eat or trample crops. Hundreds of people and elephants are killed annually as a result of such conflicts. Expanding human development disrupts their migration routes, depletes their food sources, and destroys their habitat. (Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia, Nov. 2013). Date: 1 November 2013, 00:00. Source: Testing the waters. Author: shankar s. from Dubai, united arab emirates.