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Elephants Life Cycle

Jennifer Shin2nd grade

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2nd grade standardPlants and animals have predictable life cycles.

Students know that organisms reproduce offspring of their own kindand that the offspring resemble their one another.

Students know the sequential stages of life cycles are different fordifferent animals, such as butterflies, and mice.

Students know many characteristics of an organism are inherited fromthe parents. Some characteristics are influenced by the environment.

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Family Structure An elephant family is ruled by a matriarch (older female) and generally coof her female offspring and their young. The oldest and most experiencedchosen from the herd.

In Africa, a basic family unit consists of six to twelve animals, but familie twelve to twenty elephants are quite common.

An elephant family will split depending on the size of the family, the amoavailable food, and how well they get along.

When the matriarch dies, one of the oldest offspring takes her place.

Mating patterns are unique since elephants do not confined mating to a sp time of year. A basic African family unit contains 6-12 members.

Males as they grow older gradually become more independent from the fagroup.

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Anatomy of an Elephant

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Quick Stats on ElephantsElephants typically reach puberty atthirteen or fourteen

years of age

They ha ve offspring u p until they arearound fifty years old

They may live seventy years orpossibly more

A cow produces a single calf and invery rare cases twins

The interval between births is betweentwo and a half to four years

An elephant

s trunk , a union of thenose and upper lip, is a highlysensitive organ with over 100,000muscle units.

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Looking into the World ofElephants~*

Stages of the elephants life

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Interesting FactsElephant trunks can get very heavy. It is not uncommon to see elephants resting themover a tusk!Elephants cry, play, have incredible memories, andlaugh!

Elephants are sensitive fellow animals where if a baby complains, the entire familyrumble and go over to touch and caress it.

Elephants have greetingceremonies when a friend that has been away for some timereturns to the group.

Elephantsgrieve at a loss of a stillborn baby, a family member, and in many cases othelephants.

Elephants don't drink with their trunks, but use them as "tools" to drink with. This isaccomplished by filling the trunk with water and then using it as a hose to pour it into thelephant's mouth.

Interestingly, the Asian elephant is more closely related to the extinct mammoth than to the African elephant(see evolution).

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Visual Representation of the Life Cycle

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DID YOU KNOW?! Elephant in LATIN (aseleand phant) means HUGE ARCH.

Both has Greek and Latin origins. This applies specifically to the elephantsscientific genus name Elephas.

In Greek Linguistics,elephosrepresent an antlered beast.

In Latin, it is divided aselemeaning arch phant meaning huge.

**Today, there are only two final survivors,Elephas maximus (Asian elephant)

&Loxodonta Africana (African elephant). Much like their predecessors, these are facing a sad future that is near to another man-propelled extinction.

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