Enormous Creatures of the Earth 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