1. The Elephant
King of The Land
By: TF

2. What Are You Called? The Elephant Loxodonta Africana (African)
Elephas Indicus (Asian)
The Mammal Family

3. What Do You Look Like? Can live up to 70 years. It is endangered.
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.

4. What’s Your Climate Like?
African
Asian
Grassy
Sandy
Hot
Dry
Cool
Watery
Shady
Sometimes tropical.

5. What Landforms Are You Near?
Sahara Desert
Grass
Water Holes
Trees
Mountains
Lakes

6. What Are Your Predators And Prey?
Prey of
Predator to
Lions (Smart Lions stay away.)
Humans
Nothing

7. What Is Your Food? Herbivore Tree Bark Wood Plants
They tear it off with their tusks and trunk

8. What’s Your Behavior Like?
Friendly
Playful
Twice a year a male gets aggressive

9. What’s 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.

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

11. 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.

12. Physiological Adaptations
Warm Blooded
Can adjust body heat to their surroundings
Have massive bones.

13. 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.