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Asian Elephants

Asian elephants are sometimes known as Indian elephants. They are one of the three living species of elephant. Asian elephants are found mostly in India, Indochina, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka. Asian elephants are smaller than African elephants and Asian elephants also have smaller ears. This is one of the best ways to tell Asian elephants apart from African elephants. The height of an Asian elephant ranges from 7-12 feet and they weigh approximately 3.25 to 5.5 tons. There are other physical characteristics that separate Asian elephants from their African counterparts. They have a more arched back and also have more nails on the feet. While both male and female African elephants have tusks, female Asian elephants usually do not have these tusks. Females that do have tusks often have tusks that are small and hard to see.

Behavior of Asian Elephants

Elephants travel in migratory routes that are seasonal in nature. These routes often take the Asian elephants through wet and dry zones. The oldest member of the herd is the elephant charged with remembering where the routes lead. Asian elephants live for about 60 years when they are in the wild and 80 years when they are in zoos and other captive environments. The females live in small groups that are led by the oldest female in the group. The herd that elephants travel in consists of relative elephants. Male elephants are called bull elephants. They like to travel alone and often become involved in conflicts over female elephants during the mating season.

Domestic Use of Asian Elephants

Asian elephants have been domesticated for many purposes. In Southern and Southeast Asia, elephants have been used for forestry purposes because their tusks and large size make it easy for them to knock down small trees and brush. Asian elephants have also been used during ceremonies for many centuries. Some areas charge money to tourists to see Asian elephants in the wild, but it is difficult to do this because elephants may damage property.

Danger of Asian Elephants

Because of their size, Asian elephants are rather dangerous. They have tusks and large bodies that can be used to destroy property and cause harm to humans and other animals. Adult males are particularly aggressive because of the surge in testosterone they experience after they go through puberty. This aggression gives them the ability to cause a lot of damage in a short amount of time.

Subspecies of Asian Elephants

There are four subspecies of Asian elephants. The Indian elephant (E. m. indicus) lives in southern India, northwest India, and the foothills of the Himalayans. This subspecies has males that usually have tusks. The Sri Lankan elephant (E. m. maximus) only lives in Sri Lanka. Most of the elephants do not have tusks whether they are male or female. The Sumatran elephant (E. m. sumatrensis) lives in Sumatra. This elephant is sometimes known as the pocket elephant because of its small size. The Borneo elephant (E. m. borneensis) is the smallest subspecies and lives in north Borneo. Even though this is the smallest subspecies, it has the biggest ears.

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The Complexity Of Female Hormones

If you are born female, you will undoubtedly at one time or another be accused of being “hormonal.” Female hormones are blamed for everything from irritability to depression, and while they are certainly prevalent in our lives they hardly control it. Just as in males, female hormones are present from birth. But it is during puberty that the female hormones make their presence known – in a big way!The two major female hormones – estrogen and progesterone – conduct the symphony of the processes exclusive to the female body. With the onset of puberty during adolescence, the ovaries begin to release eggs during monthly menstruation; they also begin to release estrogen and subsequent changes begin to occur in the female body including the development of breasts and hair growth. The interplay of estrogen and progesterone will continue to regulate the menstrual cycle of the female body all during the reproductive years.Later, when a woman becomes pregnant, the female hormones support the pregnancy by shifting accordingly. The ovaries are alerted to a pregnancy by the detection of HCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin), a new hormone released only during pregnancy – and the hormone that is detected by home pregnancy tests. Subsequently, the ovaries begin to produce higher levels of estrogen and progesterone and continue to produce these levels until the placenta is able to produce its own hormones to support the pregnancy – usually around the fourth month of pregnancy.

In a well-timed choreography that the female body has been doing since the beginning of time, female hormones shift again after childbirth. The result is the return of the womb to its non-pregnant state, as well as the return to normal of the various body functions that had changed to support pregnancy. Instead, female hormones now allow the production of breast milk with which to feed our newborn.This delicate dance of female hormones continues until menopause – generally reached anywhere from a woman’s mid-forties to mid-fifties. During menopause the ovaries stop producing eggs for reproduction and stop producing estrogen – all resulting in the permanent cessation of the menstrual cycle.Female hormones are amazing – orchestrating the unique abilities of a woman’s body throughout her lifetime. By Michelle Bery

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Sexual Maturation As Early Puberty

A year ago during my daughter's health control, who actually is seven years old, for pollen allergy suspect, the doctors noticed the beginning of secondary sexual characters as: breast growing, pubic hair and consequently I told the doctors that my child was having, since several months, heavy sweating too.The doctors inspecting the problem advised me to monitor the early transformation best known as:"Early puberty".After the initial sense of anxiety and confusion, I thought to myself: "It's unbelievable, my little child was becoming already a woman".I decided to assure a healthy future to my daughter, following with much attention the endocrinologist's advices as:• Pelvic Ecography: to monitor the ovaries, uterus and follicles dimension to see if the child is ready for menstruation.• Left wrist X ray: to control the bone growing since if becomes too soon there is the probability the child's height stops with the beginning of menstruation, risking to remain under-average regarding to her classmates.• Blood exam: hormonal dosage DEHA-S (sexual hormones. By checking the hormones dosage to value the sexual glands function either female or male), glycemia and diabetes.

The early puberty also involves the children from the age of 9 to 14 years, with following signs:- developing armpit, pubic and facial hair;- penis growing and testicular enlargement.The early puberty for little girls begins between the age of 8 to 13 years. While for the female height amount begins with the breast growing, for male the growing starts at mid premature development.Psychological consequences.An important phase and most of all not to under estimate is the "psychological disturbs" which may provoke the early puberty in the child, who faces physical transformations for which still is not ready and causes in her a sense of diversity and isolation towards her classmates.After learning that also my child is in the early puberty phase, a question which worried me was: "How to explain to my little child her sexual transformation? To my baby who still plays with dolls and loves the fairy tales? The answer I achieved to find only in the deep of my heart, creating with her a very confidential and lovely dialogue, explaining her with clear and comprehensive words , what was happening to her body.We can do a lot to monitor the early puberty following few, but precise rules:- to control the body weight, avoiding to become obese or overweight;- to educate the children to a daily physical activity;- to insert in their hypercaloric diet, meat without xeno-estrogens (givinghormones to fatten and grow the animals rapidly) as: chicken, beef andpork's meat.These chemical substances are present in:- DDT (pesticide for agricultural production);- industrial detersive;- canned food.The overexposition of such hormones causes an increase of women cancer to:- breast, uterus, endometrium and ovaries;and for men to:- prostate, testicular and male sterility.So, to prevent the early puberty:"WATCH OUT TO THE BIOLOGICAL CLOCK". By Cinzia Cervellini

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