Elephants are the largest living land animal on Earth. This elephant's scientific name is Loxodonta africana.
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Elephants are the largest living land animal on Earth. This elephant's scientific name is Loxodonta africana. |
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This herd is drinking at a water hole. Many animals share the same water holes because water is not always plentiful. Water holes often dry up before the next rain comes. next |
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As elephants walk, one will follow another making a train. Read 17 Kings and 42 Elephants. This book shows in a fun way how they move and sound. next |
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Elephant babies stay close to their mothers until they are big enough to take care of themselves. |
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An elephant uses its trunk to put food into its mouth. The end of its trunk can grasp things, the way you use your thumb and finger.  . next
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Elephants are herbivores, eating as much as 500 pounds of trees and grasses each day. next |
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Elephants use their ears as fans to keep themselves cool. Even baby elephants have great big ears. When people get hot, they sweat but elephants don't. They depend on their ears to fan the heat away from their bodies. This keeps them cool. Would you like to have great big ears to keep you cool? next |
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Not only do elephants have big ears, they have big tusks. Do you know that tusks are really just their incisors? Incisors are the top teeth right beside your two front teeth.
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Elephants have small eyes compared to the rest of their bodies, but notice this elephant's eyelashes. They are very long. Elephants have eyelashes about 4 inches long. People's eyelashes are only about 1/4 to 1/2 inch long. next |
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Elephants have hair all over their thick skin. They often roll in the mud to protect their skin from the sun and insects. next |
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Having wrinkles is cool if you are an elephant. Wrinkles let more heat leave the body at one time. So, the more wrinkles it has, the better. next |
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