Elephants display complex social behaviors and intelligence. They live in family units led by matriarchal females who care for calves for over 5 years. Elephants demonstrate grief over deceased herd members, problem-solving skills, and some can even be trained to paint. However, their populations are threatened by poaching and habitat loss. The document calls for protecting elephants from exploitation and harm.
2. Family Connection
Like we go to a hospital, and a nurse helps us and
takes care of us, all the mother elephants take care of
the mother during birth. A baby elephant takes 2
years to be born.
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3. A mother elephant uses her trunk to slap the baby when it
is being naughty or to cuddle or calm their babies. A mother
elephant is very protective of its' babies and stays close to
her calf until it is about 5 years old.
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4. IQ / Intelligence
Elephants have a very
good memory; they can
remember where the
best food sources are.
When a herd meets
another herd, it
remembers if it is a
friend or enemy.
Elephants often get
dust on themselves, to
get it o! they rub their
skin against a tree
trunk. An elephant in
Ueno Zoo in Tokyo,
was able to do
addition. This proves
that Elephants are
almost as smart as
humans.
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5. Feelings
Elephant herds rarely fight. If an elephant dies, other
elephants cry and moan for their dear and loved ones.
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6. Think about it, if
you lost someone
you loved,
wouldn't you cry
and moan for
them? Just like
humans,
Elephants have
feelings.
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7. Some Elephants
are very artistic.
They paint real
paintings that are
sold for over
$1,000. Elephants
paint many
di!erent things,
such as Elephants,
plants, and nature.
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8. Communication
Elephants have
very good hearing,
they could even
hear us from a
100 miles away.
They make many
di!erent sounds
for many di!erent
reasons.
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9. Unuasal and Amazing Facts
An adult African Elephant can be 14 feet tall and weigh
as much as 6 tons, that is as much as 80 people. Most
elephants are excellent swimmers. Elephants can swim
for 2 miles per hour and can swim without resting.
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10. How are people
hurting elephants?
It is very unfair that
we have to take the
lives of animals just
so that we can have
things such as
jewelry, and
medicine. We don't
need such things
and we have no
right to take their
lives. Please help to
stop the killing of
these innocent
creatures!
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