Animals



AFRICAN ELEPHANT!

Did you know that a baby elephant wheighs 220 lb.?Well its true.This is just one neat fact I learned about elephants. There are 3 speicies of them.They are African,Asian,and African forest. African elephants mainly live in India,Srilanka,Malaysia,Inanesa,Thailand,and Vietnam. These barkeaters live in sandy or grassy places.Some of them live on the savanah.Some places where elephants live in don't have many trees. Did you know that dirt is like thick sunscreen?It is.The elephant uses their trunk to blow dirt on their body. Mud keeps the sun and mud off them.They take off time to play in mud and cool off. Trained ones are in circisus around the world. Elephants may live up to 60 or 70 years. The elephants are related to the extinct mammoths. When the elephants are thirsty and the river bankes are empty;they dig holes in the ground to find water. Barkeaters mainly eat roots,leaves,fruit,grasses,and bark.They drink 2 gallons {7.5 liters} of water. When the gentle giants want to talk to each other they blow through their trunk or flap there ears. The elephants enemies are lions,hyeanas,and tigers.People are killing these gentle giants just for their tusks. Elephants hug each other by rapping there trunks around each other.They use use there trunk to take a shower or get a drink.Babys use their trunks to find their mother's milk Babys use their trunks to find their mother's milk The oldest female leads the herd. When the baby is old enough to walk it holds on to its mothers tail.The mother,baby,and another are left behind until the baby can walk.elephants are hairless mammals.

Works Cited

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. "Growing Up Protected." tangrine press, 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012