ELEPHANTS!Enormous Creatures of the Earth

By: Jack S.

Introduction Elephant’s scientific

name is Loxodonta africacana and Elephas maximus (African and Asian)

Elephants are an endangered species

There are a lot of different kinds of elephants—up to 40 different kinds

The most common elephant is the African Gray Elephant

Elephants live up to 70 years long

What an Elephant Looks Like

Height is 5-15 feet tall

They are largest land animal

The length is 30 feet

They weigh 5,000 to 6,000 pounds

More About How it Looks Like They have dark grey thick Their ears are large and floppy They have legs as big as a tree trunk The males are bigger than the

females

Where Elephants Lives Elephants

live in Africa and Asia

African elephants live in tropical forests, savannas, grasslands, and woodlands

Asia elephants live in tropical rain forests

Their habitat is getting smaller

Climate

About 8 % of Africa gets 10 to 12 inches of rain fall

The temperature changes each season

Summer is the wet season and temperatures are very hot, 80-90 degrees

There is a dry season and a rainy season

Landforms Savanna plains

are rolling grasslands dotted with trees

Grasslands have grass all year long and few trees and shrubs

Woodlands are areas covered with trees and shrubs

Forests have a canopy of treetops that keep out the sun

What Elephants Eat

They are herbivores

They eat leaves, bamboo, bark, roots, and grass

They eat farmer’s crops

Elephants get their water by finding a near by river

What Eats Elephants

Types of animals that eat elephants are lions, tigers, and hyenas

If there is a baby elephant around a vulture will attack

Humans kill elephants for their tusks

Crocodiles eat babies elephants in the water

How Elephants Act Their sense of

smell helps them to stay with their family

They also use there trunks to lift water to their mouths

They make a rumbling sound what humans can not hear to scare the prey off

If they get mad they will charge 40 miles per hour

How They Take Care of Their Babies

Babies are cared for all the females in the herd

Mother elephants are pregnant for 2 years

Elephants babies stay with there mothers at least 3-5 years

Babies weigh at least 200-225 pounds

What Elephants Look Like to Help Them Survive

The tusks help them rip bark off trees and fight off attackers

There are pads cushions under there feet to help carry there weight

They use their trunks to hold things, breath, smell, fight off enemies , drink, and eat

They have 1 or 2 finger like parts at the end of their trunk to pick up small things

How Elephants Act to Survive The females live

in a herds so they can all take care of the babies and keep them safe

They are able to eat 700 pounds of food a day and drink 50 gallons of water to stay big

they spray water on their backs to keep cool

The mom will slap its ears on its head to warn the babies for danger

What's Inside Elephants That Helps Them Survive

The cavities keep the brain from being hurt

Elephants have strong muscles to run fast

Their bones are massive and have no marrow which makes them strong enough to support their bodies

the blood vessels in their ears work as a cooling system

Elephant Fun Facts

Elephant’s trunk has 100,000 muscles

Elephants ears are 5 feet long

Elephants sleep for 4 hours during the night and 2 hours in the day

They get sad when another elephant dies