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    Elephant ears have thick bases that thin out at the tips, with flaps containing many blood vessels that help release heat from the body. Warm blood flows into these capillaries in the ears, allowing elephants to release excess heat into the environment both when their ears are still and when flapping them. African bush elephants who live in the hottest climates have evolved to have the largest ears, containing more capillaries to release more heat.

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    Elephant ears have thick bases that thin out at the tips, with flaps containing many blood vessels that help release heat from the body. Warm blood flows into these capillaries in the ears, allowing elephants to release excess heat into the environment both when their ears are still and when flapping them. African bush elephants who live in the hottest climates have evolved to have the largest ears, containing more capillaries to release more heat.

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    Elephant ears have thick bases that thin out at the tips, with flaps containing many blood vessels that help release heat from the body. Warm blood flows into these capillaries in the ears, allowing elephants to release excess heat into the environment both when their ears are still and when flapping them. African bush elephants who live in the hottest climates have evolved to have the largest ears, containing more capillaries to release more heat.

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    Ears

    Elephant ears have thick bases with thin tips. The ear flaps, or pinnae,
    contain numerous blood vessels called capillaries. Warm blood flows
    into the capillaries, helping to release excess body heat into the
    environment. This occurs when the pinnae are still, and the animal
    can enhance the effect by flapping them. Larger ear surfaces contain
    more capillaries, and more heat can be released. Of all the elephants,
    African bush elephants live in the hottest climates, and have the
    largest ear flaps.[43] Elephants are capable of hearing at low
    frequencies and are most sensitive at 1 kHz (in close proximity to
    the Soprano C).[44]

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