Post on 19-Dec-2015
My Elephant PowerPoint
By: Caleb Anderson
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Asian elephantAsian elephant
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