write a paragraph based on this topic sentence... “the environment elephants live in can affect the way they communicate with their herds”

Elephants are the largest land mammals in the world. Their only predators are humans. Elephants are gentle animals unless the need to protect themselves forces them not to be. Unfortunately, the acts of humans have taken a toll on these intelligent and social animals. Over the years, poaching for ivory, capturing for zoos and circuses, human destruction of the environment (including elephant habitat) and a practice called culling--where humans kill elephants because of lack of habitat and elephant intrusion on what humans consider their land--have led to the detriment of elephant society.

Explanation:

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