Mikhali+G

Explorer - Mikhali G

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The African elephants are one of the largest living land mammals.The male African bush elephant can reach a height of 3.20- 4m and a weight of 4,700- 6,048kg. They are much larger than the female and have two large curved tusks for battling.Tusks grow for most of the elephant’s lifetime; they are an indicator of age. An elephants can either be left or right tusked and they differ in size, shape or direction for each elephant.Elephant ears havethick bases with thin tips, they have big flaps because they live in a hot climate =====

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Female: Female elephants are smaller than males and they have smaller tusks for digging. They weigh up to 3,600kg and have an average height of 2.20m- 2.60m. Female elephants live in family herds with their =====

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Breeding: Getting pregnant and having a succesful birth is similar to like humans .Elephants usually have a long pregnancy comarped to other animals, Births tend to take place during the rains. When a new calf is born it is usually the centre of attention. =====

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Habitat:At the zoo, their habitat was large with big trees and a big pond. The elephants have lots of toys and things to play with in the enclosure. They have lots of pants and a big pool for when it’s hot.The elephants have a large place to run around in and a shelter. They have tried to make it look like the wild with the trees and ponds and the type of dirt. Their ideal habitat would have to have plenty of grass and browse. =====

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What they eat: Elephants are herbivores. They eat plants, vegetables, fruit such as bananas, apples and watermelon, they also eat flowers bamboo, shrubs, twigs and tree leaves. They may eat up to 300kg per day in the wild, in captivity they eat foods such as hay, carrots, bread or grain. They drink up to 100 to 300 litres a day. Above 250 litres per day indicates something is wron with the elephant. Elephants suffering from TBC may drink up to 600 litres a day. =====

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Conclusion: My animal is interesting to me because they are really big, strong, cute, they have big long trunks, i also found out that they like painting, they have a really good memory, they love eating fruit, they travel as a family, they care for each other, they are really cute when they splash around water and they love to have fun! =====