My Elephant PowerPoint

By: Caleb Anderson

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HabitatHabitat

• The African elephant’s habitat is not helping it survive, they’re endangered.

Asian elephants live in large blocks of forest near water sources and grasslands, habitat that has been greatly reduced

in the last half century. They inhabit India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Bangladesh, and southern China.

African savannah

Asian Elephants at the zoo

Diet

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An Asian elephant is herbivorous.

An African elephant is herbivorous.

Elephants consume several hundred pounds of vegetation

daily.

Sixteen to eighteen hours, or nearly 80% of

an elephant’s day is spent feeding. Elephants consume grasses, small

plants, bushes, fruit, twigs, tree bark, and

roots.

LIKE US?LIKE US?

Have you ever wondered, are elephants like us? They’re very

different and the same from humans. I’m going to tell you

about those exact things. They protect there young the same

way we protect are kids. Elephants love to eat the same way I love to eat, and I mean LOVE. Their trunk can be used like a snorkel, the same kind we use. Some differences are

they’re bigger,stronger,heavier, and

they eat more than us.

PREDATORSPREDATORS

The elephant’s predators are very common predators. Lions & crocodiles The elephant’s predators are very common predators. Lions & crocodiles are the main attacks of an elephant, leopards and hyenas also attack. [very are the main attacks of an elephant, leopards and hyenas also attack. [very rarely though] An elephant can take on 1 lion but not a pack. A elephant rarely though] An elephant can take on 1 lion but not a pack. A elephant would fall for the trick of the crocodile thinking it was a normal ordinary log. would fall for the trick of the crocodile thinking it was a normal ordinary log.

TRUNKSTRUNKS

An elephant uses it’s trunk for protection from lions & crocodiles. It uses it to eat, drink, and [if it’s a baby] to suck on.

Also, an elephant might use it’s trunk to whack other elephants in a fight over their territory.

EARSEARS

• The elephant’s ears can be small or big.

• The African Elephant uses it’s big ears to fan itself.

• The Asian Elephant has surprisingly small ears.

• The ears are probably used to make them look bigger.

Tusks• An elephant uses it’s tusks for

MANY things. Ramming trees, fighting with other elephants, & maybe to attract female elephants. Both female & male African elephants have tusks. Only male Asian elephants have tusks.

Cool FactsCool Facts

• Elephants can hear other elephants calling Elephants can hear other elephants calling when it puts it’s trunk on the ground. when it puts it’s trunk on the ground.

• It can also use it’s trunk as a spear, to stab It can also use it’s trunk as a spear, to stab anything between it & it’s calf. [including anything between it & it’s calf. [including us!] us!]

• The African Elephant rams trees until they fall down to get to leaves they can’t reach.

The End

The End