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Definition of Feet

From the elephant glossary Section: elephant anatomy Section: anatomy

The frontfoot of asian elephants has five nails.

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Elephants, the largest living land mammals, have evolved a specialized foot morphology to help reduce locomotor pressures while supporting their large body mass. Peak pressures that could cause tissue damage are mitigated passively by the Anatomy of elephants' feet, yet this mechanism does not seem to work well for some captive animals. (Foot pressure distributions during walking in African elephants (Loxodonta africana) Olga Panagiotopoulou, et.al)

Most problems are husbandry-related, if the elephants stables have a floor of concrete. Solutions can be to cover the concrete floor with rubber, or if possible, cover the concrete floor with sand.

Elephants can also "hear" through their feet. Caitlin O'Connell from discovered that hey are specialists in seismic communication, relying upon sound waves that travel within the surface of the ground instead of through the air.

I'm hoping this will spur a lot more study with large mammals," said the 41-year-old O'Connell, whose book, "The Elephant's Secret Sense: The Hidden Life of the Wild Herds of Africa," came out in March.

Feet is mentioned on 13 other pagesRumbling, Feet, Skeleton, Footcare, The elephants child, Toenail, Yata, Arthritis, Cancer, Foot and mouth disease, Elephant shoe, Corneal opacity, Parturition,

Feet is mentioned on 20 person pagesAlbert Hay, Bernard Shea, Christoph Schulz, David Dickerson, Dorothy Ashton, Edward Cross, Edwin Schooley, George Lewis, Hans Brick, István Szokola, James Bostock, James McNally, James Sweeney, James O'Rourke, Joseph Martin, Lianna Ashton, Matthew Scott, Matthias Walter, Moffet , Napoléon Rancy,

Feet is mentioned on 20 location pagesBlack Horse Inn, Carl Hagenbecks Wild Animal Circus, Central Park Zoo, Circus Brumbach, Circus Carl Hagenbeck-Stellingen, Circus Wulff, Cole Bros. Circus (Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus), Cooperton mammoth site, Crandon Park Zoo, Franconies Hippodrome, French, Hobby & Co, Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center, Great India Elephant Caravan, Hannover Zoo, Harry Malter Piste Circus, Jamrach menagerie, John Robinson Circus, Kalawewa National Park, Manyani maximum security prison farm, Million Dollar Pier,

Feet is mentioned on 20 elephant record pagesAnarkali, Andal, Babe Sh-Bang (Bonnie), Baby Butch, Baby Nona, Bandula, Belle, Big Charlie, Big Modoc, Blairs elephant, Blanche, Bobby, Bong Su, Bridgeport, Butch, Carol, Champa, Chanchal, Chico, Coco (Sultan),

Reference list Koehl, Dan, (2025). Feet. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 September 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/index.php?id=19. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Selected publications

Benz, Andreas. The elephant’s hoof : macroscopic and microscopic morphology of defined locations under consideration of pathological changes. 2005, University of Zurich, Vetsuisse Faculty.

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Foot pressure distributions during walking in African elephants (Loxodonta africana), Olga Panagiotopoulou, Todd C. Pataky, Madeleine Day, Michael C. Hensman, Sean Hensman, John R. Hutchinson and Christofer J. Clemente, 01 October 2016 online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160203

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