BY: Zachery Miller
First stages of elephants
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 When elephants are born they have weak senses so
they need there moms to help them around.
 They weigh a whole lot more than the average baby
animal they weigh 250 pounds at birth.
Early stages continued
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 Baby elephants suck there trunks before they learn
how to use them right. It is just like a human they
have to learn how to do stuff right.
 Elephants are called calf's when they are born and
the vast majority are born at night.
The adolescent stage
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 This is when the elephants do not depend on there
mothers as much.
 Age anywhere from 5-10 and it lasts to about 17
years old.
 They begin to break away from main herd and start
little herds called bachelor herds.
Adulthood
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 Adult hood starts at age 18 they normally have life
spans of 70 years.
 Elephants start mating at age 20.
Mid life for elephants
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 At age 50 Elephants stop bearing calf's.
 They start getting cardiovascular diseases and
arthritis.
 The females always help the other elephants raise the
younger ones.
Older life
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 They pretty much continue to live the same way in
till they die like helping the herd out.
Habitats
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 Elephants can live any where with enough food for
them. Like swamps deserts and grasslands.
 Most elephants living today live in Africa on
preserves.
 They like to roam and don’t mind to so they can play
and bathe.
Diet
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 Elephants can eat 300 to 400 pounds of food per day.
 They mainly eat plants like bamboo and leaves.
 They have been known to eat bananas grown by
farmers.
Species
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 The African elephant and Asian elephant.
 The Asian elephants are much smaller and only
some have tusks.
 The African elephants are larger and have fan
shaped ears different from the Asian straight up
from the bottom.
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African on left Asian on right
Elephant predators
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 Alligators
 Tigers
 Lions
 Hyenas
Elephants acting
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 Elephants are known for acting they perform in
movies and in circuses.
 The have escaped the circus before.
Elephant attacks
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 Elephants are normally not aggressive but
sometimes they attack.
Elephants doing people
things
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 A elephant painted a picture before.
 They have good memory so they could probably
paint past events if they were trained to paint.
Elephants in the Zoo
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 Elephants do no live as long in zoos as they naturally
do in the wild.
 In the Zoos they are protected from poachers.
Related animals
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Mammoths are closely related to the elephants.
But mammoths are bigger.
speed
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 Elephants can run 15 mph.
 The USAtoday proved it.
Quick facts
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Elephants do not eat peanuts in the wild
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They have good memory
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They are afraid of small animals like mice
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Keeping them safe
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 There are places where elephants can go to keep safe
from poachers
 The Elephant sanctuary is one it is for old Elephants.
Works cited
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 http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/unitssubjsci/p/elec
alf.htm
 Smithsonian.com
 www.arkive.org
 www.cntraveler.com
 www.elephantsforever.com
 Greentravelguides.com
 Worldwildlife.org
 Library.sandiagozoo.com
 www.jsspacet.com animals.nationalgeographic.com
 www.defenders.com/elephants www.jsspacket.com