The elephants child is one of rudyard kiplings just so stories. Elephants are protected because they are on the endagered species list. Theres a mouse in the house by wong herbert yee or as a stand alone nonfiction reader. They have distinctly smaller ears than african elephants. The elephant s male weight is seven thousand kilograms. Fun facts and printables about elephants and elephant. Elephants are so clever they can peel their own bananas, corn and lots of other food.
There are three distinct species of elephant left in the world. Once they get to this age, they leave the herd and mainly live alone for the rest of their life. They dig up the mud and spray in over their bodies to protect the skin from the harsh rays of the sun. African elephant information table f forest elephant. Elephant simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. If you are in africa, you will be impressed with the diversity of the animals here. This 8 page book will help your students learn some basic facts about elephants. Elephant history facts complete history through time. The asian elephant is found in a wide range of forest habitats in parts of india, nepal. They have a long trunk which they use to breathe and to lift objects. When a female mammal gives birth, their bodies produce milk to feed. Fun facts about elephants for kids including photos and printable activity worksheets. Ffi protects forest elephants in the forest landscape of ziamawonegiziwologizifoya.
Elephants is an informational text that describes the largest land animalstheir bodies, their diet, and their families. A mammal is a species that is born and not hatched from an egg. A young male elephant stays with the herd until he is about 15 years old. Nowadays, essays and paragraphs writing are more common strategy followed by the teachers in the schools and colleges in order to enhance students skill and knowledge about any subject. Elephants need extensive land areas to survive and meet their ecological needs, which includes food, water, and space. Hills like white elephants the hills across the valley of the ebro were long and white. Global sanctuary for elephants is a 501 c3 tax exempt, public charity status ein 463564818 and all contributions are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.
He then leaves and lives alone like most bull elephants. Elephantidae is the only surviving family of the order proboscidea. They have grey skin and differ in the size of their ears and tusks, and in the shape and size of their skulls both species are listed as vulnerable species on the iucn red list. The first person to use the elephant as a symbol for the republican party was thomas nast. The word is recorded from middle english, and comes via old french and latin from greek elephas, elephant ivory, elephant. Elephant facts for kids elephant information for kids. The baby elephant develops for 20 to 22 months inside its mother.
What distinguishes this animal is the long hose that replaces the nose. Male elephants will live with the herd until they are about years old. Elephant facts and information facts about elephants, african elephants and asian elephants. Manatees and dugongs manatees marine mammal cousin are also closely related to the elephant. The average life span for an elephant in the wild is from 50 to 70 years. And just as a human baby sucks its thumb, an elephant calf often sucks its trunk for comfort.
Written as this book is, by a variety of experts in elephant biology, the chapters vary in style and the depth to which they cover a topic. In the us, the elephant is the emblem of the republican party. Elephants, the planets largest terrestrial mammal, are fascinating creatures that are worth getting to understand. Elephant information eleaid elephant facts, pictures. Elephant facts for kids elephant life elephant party elephant trunk asian elephant all about elephants save the elephants lessons for kids life lessons with our colorful comic book and helpful worksheets, students will learn all about the lives of elephants and why they dont belong in the circus. There are two species of elephants remaining in the world the african and the asian. Elephant facts for kids click here for more animal facts what is an elephant. We know elephants are unique, but it might surprise you to learn that the elephants closest living relative is the rock hyrax, a small, furry herbivore native to africa and the middle east. Elephant facts for kids elephant information for kids all about elephants elephant is an amazing, well known among kids for its unique appearance and huge size. Ftd facts brings you the most interesting facts about everything. Three differentiated information texts about elephants.
Elephants are now a protected species throughout the world. Elephants have long, coarse hairs sparsely covering their body. Elephants are mammals of the family elephantidae and the largest existing land animals. The african elephant is a transboundary species, with individuals known to travel across several countries. Elephants only eat plants, grass and fruit they dont eat meat. Here is a comprehensive account of different facts about asian elephants. Long and short essay on elephant in english we have provided below various essay on elephant in order to help students. Elephants are known for their large ears, tusks made of ivory and their trunks which are actually a fusion of their nose and upper lip. Elephants are grayish to brown in color, and their body hair is sparse and coarse. Its very similar to that of their ancient ancestors, the mammoth and mastodon, with a large muscle on the top and sides of the trunk allowing elephants to raise it. See the fact file below for more information on the african elephant or alternatively, you can download our 28page african elephants worksheet pack to utilise within the classroom or home environment.
Male elephants, or bulls, live alone once they become adults. The asian elephant and, in africa, the forest and savannah elephant. Here are 10 facts everyone should know about elephants. People moving into or near areas where elephants occur naturally is a problem. The biggest elephant ever weighed 24,000 pounds and was feet tall. Long and short essay on elephant in english for children. They also have tusks which can be used to defend themselves or as tools to move objects. Among all the animals that live on land, elephant is the largest. The elephant time forgot, the guardian 20010824, 1. People hunt elephants mainly for their ivory tusks. They range in color from light to dark gray, with the most.
Includes activities like elephant themed word activities and crafts to reinforce your childs new. They are found most often in the savannas, grasslands, and forests of africa and asia. Elephants are the worlds largest land animals and one of our. An elephants skin can be up to one inch thick, but it is also very sensitive. The elephant is the largest land mammal and can weigh up to 10 tons. Elephant, largest living land animal, characterized by its long trunk, columnar legs, and huge head with temporal glands and wide, flat ears. They have been very important to asian culture for thousands of.
At birth, an elephant calf may weigh as much as 100 kg 225 pounds. The african elephant is the largest land mammal on earth and perhaps one of the most intelligent. Elephants also use their trunks as snorkels when they wade in deep water. Everything you need to know about elephants youtube. Species of elephants for many years scientists thought that there were two different species of elephants. Two fingerlike parts on the tip of the trunk allow the elephant to perform delicate maneuvers such as picking a berry from the ground or plucking a single leaf off a tree. There is research into methods of safely driving groups of elephants away from humans. The trunk of the african elephant has two finger like structures at its tip that allow the animal to perform both delicate and powerful movements. The asian elephant elephas maximus, also called asiatic elephant, is the only living species of the genus elephas and is distributed throughout the indian subcontinent and southeast asia, from india in the west, nepal in the north, sumatra in the south, and to borneo in the east. Close against the side of the station there was the warm shadow of the building and a. These can be used for a number of reasons and help give children an example of how information texts can be set out, with each one including an introduction, three main paragraphs and a conclusion. The african elephant nominally has governmental protection, but poaching is a serious issue. Facts elephant index elephant photos kidzone animals elephants.
Photographs of asian and african elephants include captions that feature additional interesting facts. The african elephant is the largest animal walking the. There is probably no animal more widely acknowledged as symbolizing the prehistoric north than the woolly mammoth. This book is a response to the need for better information on the african elephant. The heaviest elephant in the world weighed 26,000 pounds. It is only a myth that elephants are afraid of mice. Facts about african elephants tell you about the biggest land mammal in the world. As a result, as they lose habitat, they often come into conflict with people in competition for resources. Use the book as a companion when reading elephant themed fiction literature i.
They oldest known elephant in the world lived to be 82 years of age. Pdf focus on the african elephant loxodonta africana. African elephants are the largest living land animals. Informational nonfiction, 693 words, level n grade 2, lexile 540l. Elephant facts 1 there are three different species of elephant the african savannah elephant, the african forest elephant and the asian elephant. Elephants are the largest land animals on earth, and theyre one of the most uniquelooking animals, too. African elephant simple english wikipedia, the free. You can find cheetah, lions giraffe, elephant, african dog, crocodile, hippos and many more.
On average, an elephant can feed up to 18 hours and consume hundreds of pounds of plant matter in a single day. Elephant anatomy, habitat, feeding, reproduction and elephant predators introduction to elephants. The family elephantidae also contains several nowextinct groups, including the mammoths and straighttusked elephants. There are also thousands of smaller muscle fascicles. African elephants care for wounded individuals in the herd and can even identify the bones of deceased members. The african elephant loxodonta is a genus comprising two living elephant species, the african bush elephant l. Elephants are very large land mammals found in africa, southern asia and southeast asia. Elephants are called pachyderms, which means thickskinned animals, and most elephants have skin that is 1 inch thick. On this side there was no shade and no trees and the station was between two lines of rails in the sun. The thick, dry skin has a few long, stiff, bristly hairs.
One elephant can eat 300 pounds 6 kilograms of food in one day. Compared to the african elephant, asian elephants are smaller in size they are 7 to 10 feet tall and weigh about 4000 kg on an average. Information about indian elephant facts, food, behavior of indian. Adult females and young travel in herds, while adult males generally travel alone or in groups of their own. Please use the links below to explore the various pages. Most species of mammoth were not larger than recent elephants. Elephant facts, worksheets, habitat and information for kids. Our mini documentaries and lists explore countries, people, society, religion, history, and more to debunk myths and uncover the. It has 8 informational reading passages with images. The african elephant is the largest land animal on earth.
The elephant is the symbol for the united states republican party. Elephant, largest living land animal, characterized by its long trunk. Section 6 on handling elephants provides practical instructions on how to immobilise elephants chapter 17 and how to collect information from dead elephants chapter 18. The elephant is a large mammal that falls under the rank of keratophytes, the only nonextinct mammal species such as the mammoth, the largest animal living on land. They can hear each others calls up to 5 miles away. Elephants rumble or purr like cats as a means of communication.
The mammoths trunk had two fingerlike projections like african elephants. It aimed to collect the experience of biologists working in the field on the. This article gives basic background information about elephants including. Facts about asian elephants you wont believe you didnt.