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Elephants are the biggest animals, that walk on the land. One fully grown elephant can weigh as much as 85 adult humans. Elephants are also very tall. Hey can be as high as 3.5 metres.

The elephants Body

Head

An elephants have a large head. As it gets older , the head changes. The forehead grows into two big round shapes.

An elephants has the largest brain of all the animals that live on land.Its brain weighs between 4.5 and 5.5 kilograms.

Eyes

Even though elephants are large animals, they have small eyes. They cannot see very far at all.

Elephants make up fpr their poor eyesight by being able to hear and smell very well.

Ears

Elephants have very good hearing. They can even hear sounds that humans cannot hear.

The ears also help elephants keep cool. This is probably why their ears are so big.

Hair

Elephant babies are very hairy,especiall around their heads. Their hair stands straight up and feels like soft plastic. It shines in the sun.

Elepphants lose their hair as they get older because they keep rubbing up against trees and rocks.

Trunks

The elephant’s trunk is really part of the elephant’s nose and upper lip.It hangs from its head right down to the ground.

Elephants can do many things with their trunks.They breathe through their trunks and they can smell things with them. They use their trunks to gather food and water. When elephants drinks, it sucks water into its trunk. It then lifts its trunk and empties te water into its mouth.

Where elephants live

Elephants live in the hot countries of Africa and Asia.African and Asian elephants live the same kind of lives. But their boddies are verry different.

African and Asian elephants live the same kind of lives. But their boddies are verry different.

African elephants are bigger than Asian elephants. All African elephants grow trunks. Only some male Asian elephants grow tusks.

Elephants usually stay in the forests. They shelter there from the heat of the sun.

At other times they come into the open country where they like to eat the grass.

How Elephants Live

Elephants live togther in large families called herbs. There can be as manny as 30 elephants in a herd and they are all related.There are Grand mothers , aunts and mothers,as well as young sisters and brthers.

There are not manny plder males because they usually waner about by them selves.

The leader of the herd

The oldest female is the leader of he herd. She has many important things do. She has to guide guide the herd to places. Where there is plenty of food and water. She protects the other elephants from danger. She also sees that the baby elephants are properly looked after.