The Elephant

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The Elephant

• ?King of The Land?

By TF
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What Are You Called?

• The Elephant
• Loxodonta Africana (African)
• Elephas Indicus (Asian)
• The Mammal Family

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What Do You Look Like?

• Usually gray, but can be brown.
• Has hair on tail and when a baby.
• It weighs 2-1 tons when adult and 200 lbs. when
  born.
• Has small or large ears.
• Has huge tusks.
• Giant.
• Long trunk.

• Can live up to 70 years.
• It is endangered.

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Whats Your Climate Like?

• African

• Asian

• Grassy
• Sandy
• Hot
• Dry

• Cool
• Watery
• Shady
• Sometimes tropical.

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What Landforms Are You Near?

• Sahara Desert
• Grass
• Water Holes

• Trees
• Mountains
• Lakes

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What Are Your Predators And Prey?

• Prey of

• Predator to

• Lions (Smart Lions stay away.)
• Humans

• Nothing

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What Is Your Food?

• Herbivore
• Tree Bark
• Wood
• Plants
• They tear it off with their tusks and trunk

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Whats Your Behavior Like?

• Friendly
• Playful
• Twice a year a male gets aggressive

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Whats Your Reproduction Like?

• Twins are extremely rare.
• Usually one calf is born to a pregnant female.
• Female can carry baby in stomach for up to 22
  months.
• Animal with the longest pregnancy.

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Physical Adaptations

• Big ears-Help it cool down.
• Long Trunk-Helps it reach food.
• Long Tusks-Helps it defend itself.
• Size-Frightens enemies.

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Behavioral Adaptations

• They roll in the mud to keep sun and bugs off
  their back.
• Spray water and dust with their trunks over their
  backs to keep cool and keep sun off.
• Flap ears to keep cool.

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Physiological Adaptations

• Warm Blooded
• Can adjust body heat to their surroundings
• Have massive bones.

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Fun Facts

• Their name is in the wrinkles on their legs.
• Few elephants live beyond age 60.
• The trunk alone contains about 100,000 different
  muscles.
• Very good memory.