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Elephants

Elephants. By Kelsey Hodges Mary Peregrina. Appearance. Elephants have fur on them. The elephant is big and has a gray body. Elephants have a long gray trunk. Habitat. An elephant can live in more than one habitat. Some elephants like to live on grassy plains that are called savannas.

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Elephants

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  1. Elephants By Kelsey Hodges Mary Peregrina

  2. Appearance • Elephants have fur on them. • The elephant is big and has a gray body. • Elephants have a long gray trunk.

  3. Habitat • An elephant can live in more than one habitat. • Some elephants like to live on grassy plains that are called savannas. • They also live in deserts and rain forests.

  4. Movement • Elephants walk eight miles per hour. • A fast elephant runs twenty-five miles per hour. • Elephants are able to run faster than humans.

  5. Babies • A baby elephant is called a calf. • A baby uses his trunk to find food. • Baby elephants drink milk from their mother.

  6. What they eat • Elephants have to eat almost 400 pounds of food each day. • Elephants eat tender grass. • Leaves, fruit, bark, and wood are some of the elephant’s food. • They also eat hay.

  7. Interesting Facts • Some elephants weigh 15,000 pounds. • Adult elephants need twenty gallons of water per day. • The oldest female is the leader. • When the leader starts walking the others start to walk. • They tell each other how they feel by touching each other with their trunks.

  8. Books used • Elephants Life in the Wild by Monica Kulling • The Elephant by Christine and Michel Denis-Huot • Elephant by Caroline Arnold • Elephants by Sally Morgan • Elephants by Eric S.Grace

  9. Resources • http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.awf.org/files/3779_file_Elephant2_Balfour.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/elephant&h=317&w=500&sz=32&tbnid=E16sDOVyGkVBZM:&tbnh=75&tbnw=118&prev=/search%3Fq%3Delephants%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=elephants&docid=wysdsgT_T6mUzM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8beFT8_5IIPo9ASE3v3YCA&sqi=2&ved=0CEgQ9QEwAw&dur=172 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Baby_elephants3.jpg • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Curious_elephant%2C_Zim.jpg • http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TUmrEJJqV_Q/SdVjVZdnu8I/AAAAAAAALOA/a5cBgdzwl28/s400/Mother%2BElephant%2BEating%2BGrass.jpg&imgrefurl=http://whatdoino-steve.blogspot.com/2009/04/thai-elephant-conservation-center.html&h=359&w=400&sz=32&tbnid=b4qEAH-1jqEbnM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=104&prev=/search%3Fq%3Delephants%2Beating%2Bpictures%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=elephants+eating+pictures&docid=MrikC-ayi9363M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EQqHT_6zHYav8AHG6Ly1CA&ved=0CFsQ9QEwDA&dur=2109 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elephants_mating_ritual_2.jpg

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