LEARN ABOUT THE BIGGEST LAND ANIMAL!

ALL ABOUT ELEPHANTS!BY NADYA MCCLOSKEY

Introduction My name is Nadya, I chose the elephant because I think they are interesting.

BACKGROUND

ELEPHANTS LIVE BETWEEN 60 and 70 YEARS. Also an elephant is a mammal.

CHARICTERISTICSElephants trunks are about 7 feet long. An

ELEPHANT has very thin fur. The ElephantHas a very small hole in its ear to hear.

DIET \ HABITAT

Elephants can eat 375 vegetables daily. Elephants eat, roots, grass, fruit and bark.

Elephants live in savannas and open woodlands.

ADAPTATIONS

Elephants have long and flexible trunks that let them reach high into trees to get food.

JAW DROPPING FACTS

The Elephant is the biggest land animal. Both girl and boy Elephants have tusks and they use them for digging.

EXTINCTION INFO

Elephants are being hunted for their tusks.

Baby Elephants are predators of tigers, lions, and hyenas.

EXTRA NOTES

Girl elephants are called cows. Female Elephants start to have babies when they are 12.

ONE MORE THING

The African Elephant can be split into 2 species the African forest Elephant and

the African bush Elephant.

YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Only boy Asian Elephants have tusks and both girl and boy Elephants have tusks.

MORE INFORMATION Elephants are pregnant for 22

months. There are 2 types of elephants the African Elephant ant the Asian Elephant.