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Asian elephants are spread over areas with very different amounts of rain. They can survive in dry places where less than 40cm of rain falls per year and in wet areas where over 8 meters of rain falls in a year. | Asian elephants are spread over areas with very different amounts of rain. They can survive in dry places where less than 40cm of rain falls per year and in wet areas where over 8 meters of rain falls in a year. | ||
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In the [[Burmese zodiac#Weekdays|Burmese, Thai and Sinhalese animal and planetary zodiac]], the Asian elephant, both tusked and tuskless, are the fourth and fifth animal zodiacs of the [[Myanmar|Burmese]], the fourth animal zodiac of the [[Thai people|Thai]], and the second animal zodiac of the [[Sinhalese people]] of Sri Lanka.<ref>Upham, E. (1829). [https://archive.org/details/historydoctrineo00upha The History and Doctrine of Budhism: Popularly Illustrated: with Notices of the Kappooism, Or Demon Worship, and of the Bali, Or Planetary Incantations, of Ceylon]. London: R. Ackermann.</ref> Similarly, the [[Pig (zodiac)|elephant]] is the twelfth animal zodiac in the [[Chinese zodiac|Dai animal zodiac]] of the [[Dai people]] in southern China.<ref>[https://www.warriortours.com/intro/zodiac.htm Chinese Zodiac]. Warriortours.com. Retrieved on 12 June 2017.</ref> | In the [[Burmese zodiac#Weekdays|Burmese, Thai and Sinhalese animal and planetary zodiac]], the Asian elephant, both tusked and tuskless, are the fourth and fifth animal zodiacs of the [[Myanmar|Burmese]], the fourth animal zodiac of the [[Thai people|Thai]], and the second animal zodiac of the [[Sinhalese people]] of Sri Lanka.<ref>Upham, E. (1829). [https://archive.org/details/historydoctrineo00upha The History and Doctrine of Budhism: Popularly Illustrated: with Notices of the Kappooism, Or Demon Worship, and of the Bali, Or Planetary Incantations, of Ceylon]. London: R. Ackermann.</ref> Similarly, the [[Pig (zodiac)|elephant]] is the twelfth animal zodiac in the [[Chinese zodiac|Dai animal zodiac]] of the [[Dai people]] in southern China.<ref>[https://www.warriortours.com/intro/zodiac.htm Chinese Zodiac]. Warriortours.com. Retrieved on 12 June 2017.</ref> | ||