Transcript African Elephants

African Elephants
By,Taylor
Physical Traits
Trunks
Tusks
Tough Feet
Tails
Behavior Adaptions
• Elephants usually migrate
at the beginning of a dry
season between june and
November. When the
rainy seasons arrives
elephants start the long
journey back to their
home. Elephants migrate
in herds.
Ecosystem/Habitat
• Elephants usually live where the
sun is blazing hot, like Africa or
Asia.
Habitat
• Savanna
• Grass lands
Climate
• Elephants live in dry hot areas but
they still need water and mud to
keep cool.
sounds
• Elephants can make very interesting
sounds. click here for a video of elephant
sounds.
Diet/ food chain
• Elephants eats leaves and plants which
makes them a herbivore or
• Primary consumer.
Niche
Elephants are also known as an
ecosystem engineer because
elephants knock down trees to
keep them from over welming, they
also keep the grass under control.
Learned behaviors
•Elephants flap their ears to keep cool
•Elephants like to role in mud to keep themselves cool
•Elephants use their trunks to spray water on them
•Elephants can be taught to paint pictures
Inherited traits
• Elephants have trunks
• Elephants are very big
• Elephants have big ears
• Elephants have good memories and are very
smart
• Elephants are the largest living mammal on land
• Elephants are 8-14 feet tall
• Tallest point of the elephant is its shoulders
• Elephants weigh about 4-7 tons
• Elephants are very good swimmers
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