Afri

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AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Bryan , Amy , Sam and Angelo
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How it looks

•   The animal that we chose for our power
  point is the African elephant . An African
  elephants large ears help to keep it cool.
  African elephants live in hotter , drier
  places and need more cooling than the
  smaller eared Indian elephants .

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• The blood from and elephants body is
  carried through its ears by many blood
  vessels that are close to the
  surface. This cools the ears and the blood
  flows to the rest of the body cooled as well.
  Big ears cool blood faster. The ears of a big
  African elephant can each weigh 110 pounds.

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• As the name suggests, African elephants live in
  Africa. African elephants used to roam all parts
  of Africa. Today they live in the southern parts
  of Africa. African elephants live where food and
  water can be found.

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• The African elephants eat roots, grass
  ,leaves, fruit , and bark.

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• African elephants also eat vegetables. They are
  very strong so they grab their food with those
  long trunks they have. The trunk goes up to
  search for their tasty leaves. They eat
  enormously!

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Calves

• African elephants are born after a 20 to 22
  month gestation, the longest in nature.
  Scientists have found that elephants who do not
  have enough to eat take longer to reach adult
  size.

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calves

• This means that female elephants often do not
  have calves until they are about eighteen years
  old .

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• Elephants normally have a calf every four years,
  but now, many only have the strength to have one
  calf every eight years. Scientists are studying
  ways of making sure elephants in the reserves
  eat well.

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• Then they will be strong enough to produce
  healthy calves to continue the species.

POWERFUL
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• When a baby elephant is about to be born, its
  mother invites one of her friends to come and
  help.

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• But first it must learn to get along with its
  own trunk. It always seems to be getting in its
  way.

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• Elephants have the largest brain size verses body
  weight other than man.

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We would like to thank our 5th grade
partners ANTHONY and ROGER