The Elephant's Foot is the nickname given to the large mass of corium beneath Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near Pripyat, Ukraine. The mass formed during the Chernobyl disaster of 26 April 1986 from such materials as molten concrete, sand, steel, uranium, and …

2025年2月1日 · Elephants, the largest living land mammals, have evolved a specialized foot morphology to help reduce locomotor pressures while supporting their large body mass. Peak pressures that could cause tissue damage are mitigated passively by the Anatomy of elephants' feet, yet this mechanism does not seem to work well for some captive animals.

Foot disease is one of the leading causes of death in captive elephants, and therefore foot care is a crucial aspect of elephant husbandry at The Sanctuary. Caregivers go through extensive trainings to learn about elephant foot anatomy, foot problems in captive elephants, management techniques, and preventative care.

2016年1月24日 · In the days and weeks after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in late April 1986, simply being in the same room as this particular pile of radioactive material—known as the …

Regular foot care means the functional trimming of an elephants distal limb in order to avoid overgrowth of the corresponding structures (nail, pad, cuticle). Aims. Avoid overgrowth and prevent subsequent alterations.

The hind limb and foot of the elephant are oriented semi-plantigrade, and closely resemble the structure and function of the human foot. The tarsals and metapodials are arranged so as to form an arch, similarly to the human foot.

Poor horn quality in captive elephants’ hooves (e.g. vacuoles in the stratum spinosum, decayed marrows of the horn tubules) and “loci of minor resistance” in captive and wild animals (e.g. micro...

Given the frequent foot problems in elephants and the rarity of even basic investigations of their hooves, this study anatomically describes the normal macroscopic and microscopic structures...

explain some of the foot problems, but they also give rise to questions about the quality and correctness of current husbandry techniques. Key words: African elephant, Loxodonta africana, Asian elephant, Elcphas maximus, hoof, horn quality, horn layer. INTRODUCTION For a better understanding of foot problems in

Poor horn quality in captive elephants' hooves and loci of minor resistance in captive and wild animals are detected. The thickness of the weight-bearing surface of the captive elephants' hooves is histologically measured as "very thin" (about 10 mm).