🐘 Discovery of Kuravan Elephant Species ||

 🛑 Scientist & Wild Elephant Researcher Dijo Thomas Officially Declares the Discovery of a New Species of Wild Elephants , First Time in the World❗

    🚨 The Discovery of a New Species among Wild Elephants is Extremely Rare Feat in the World❗

     🗣️ Pronounced : Ku | ra | van
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  📗. From the SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH POINT of VIEW, and 
If You Ask Any Biologist or Scientist, they will Say that, Discovery of a New Species in Wild Elephants is

       ✖️ ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE❗

🔳 Dijo Thomas has Officially Named the Newly Discovered Elephant Species as Kuravan Elephant❗

Discovery Date : 2011

📕 The Discovery of Kuravan Elephants was the Result of an INTENSIVE STUDY of 3 YEARS by Dijo Thomas in Wayanad in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu States in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013❗

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◾ Part ➖ 1. | INTRODUCTION 
Part ➖ 1 of Part - 35+ Scientific Articles on Kuravan Elephants 
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  ( 👉 Total 35 Parts in Series on Kuravan)

There are at present, Three Species of Wild Elephants. 

1. Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus)
2. African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
3. African Forest Elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)

A total of 4 Sub - Species among Wild Elephants in the World.

  ◾ Classification of Kuravan Elephants : Species 

  ❌ It is Totally IMPOSSIBLE for Anyone to Discover a New Species in Wild Elephants, according to Biologists and Scientists❗

👉 Because Elephants of the World had been Thoroughly Studied by Numerous, Different Groups of Scientists and Biologists.

Spanning over 3 Centuries.

👉 Well, they were Almost Correct. That is , Till this Point in Time !!

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🔴 .  Unique Characteristics of Kuravan Elephants.  

◾ Morphological Features 

◾ Differences between Kuravan Elephants and Common Indian Elephants (Elephas Maximus Indicus)

  ● Kuravan Elephants are much Smaller than the Indian Elephants. 
  ● Kuravan Elephants are Only 3 / 4 th Size of regular Elephants.

  ● They are much Leaner too ... 

  ● One of the Most Important Differciating Feature is that ; 
➖ The Shape of the Back of Kuravan Elephants will look like a Single Parabola ;
➖ Whereas for Indian Elephants, the Back will Look like 2 Parabolas - One Bigger over the Spine region, and a Smaller one over the Head.

👉 ( All these would be Illustrated on Real Photos in the upcoming Articles )
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● Kuravan Elephants have Relatively Longer Tusks, some being almost touching the ground.

● But the width of the Tusks would be mostly less.
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❌ 🗣️ Dijo Thomas : A New Species CANNOT be Identified Just by Morphological characteristics Alone.

👉 There would be Differences in All Aspects. 

⁉️ Question : Is there Differences between the Two Species in All other Aspects ?

🗣️. Dijo Thomas : Yes there are Differences between the Two Species in almost All Aspects❗

🔻 For Example, in Behaviour Aspects too, the Differences are Very Evident.

 👉. The Kuravan Elephants are Less Aggressive. 
They are also Less likely to Attack or to Mock charge.

More Details will be Published in the upcoming Articles.
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◾ Location 

 South India, India 

👉 The Territory of the Kuravan Elephants are Spread across the Vast Wildlife Sanctuaries, Tiger Reserves and National Parks in the Border Region of the Three States of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu in South India.
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🟢 Meeting A Very Different Breed of Wild Elephants 

 🔻 While I was Interacting with Wild Elephants in Wayanad ; in Tholpetty Wildlife Sanctuary ; One day I was Shocked to Find a Herd of Wild Elephants, Which at First Glance itself ;
➖ I understood that, They were Very Different from Ordinary Indian Wild Elephants❗

   🔻 All these Findings are Part of the Elaborate Research done by Me ;
 in Wayanad, and other 2 States from 2010 to 2014❗

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🟢 In Reality, the Discovery of Kuravan Elephants by Dijo Thomas occurred while he was in his High School days❗

👉 Though the Scientific Proving of Kuravan Elephants would occur many Years Later only !!

  Watch Out for Part ➖ 2 to Part ➖ 35 for all these Exiting Details and More ;
on the Discovery of an Extremely Rare Species among Wild Elephants❗

Dijo Thomas 
▪️ Scientist 
▪️ Theoretical Zoologist
▪️ Wild Elephant Expert
▪️ Conservation Biologist

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