A PowerPoint about elephants created by fourth grade students.

1. By: Sydney Schlichtkrull
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*Asian elephants live in the scrub forests of
India, Nepal, and Southeast Asia.
*Asian males have tusks, but Asian females do
not.
*They live in the forests and grasslands.
*They travel far to get food and water. Asian
elephants eat leaves, grass, and other plant
parts.
*They dig for roots and water with their tusks.
*They reach for fruit with their trunks.
*Elephants spend most of their day eating.

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*Baby Asian elephants are called calves. They
weigh about 200 pounds and 91 kilograms at
birth.
*Elephants are fully grown by age 17. They can
live to be 60 years old.
*Asian elephants are a little smaller than
African elephants. Asian elephants can weigh
up to 11,000 pounds and 4,990 kilograms.
*Asian elephants have lite gray skin.

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*Elephants do not need very much sleep.
*Elephants cannot jump.

5. *
*African elephants are huge mammals.
*They can stand 13 feet and 4 meters tall.
*African elephants have thick, gray skin and
large ears.
*They use their two tusks to dig and to fight
off enemies. They tear bark from trees
with their tusks.
*The tusks of an African elephant weighs
about 50-100 pounds.

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*African elephants live in Africa.
*They find food on flat, grassy savannas.
*Elephants need trees and water to stay cool in
the hot sun.
*Every day, elephants eat more than 200 pounds
and 91 kilograms of food. They grab grass, fruit
or leaves with their trunks.

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*African elephants live in savannas and
woodlands in Africa. 2 species of elephants live
in Africa-Savanna elephants and Forest
elephants.
*Indian elephants live in 11 counties including
India and Indonesia and go between forests and
grasslands depending on where there is more
food.
*Sumatran elephants are found only in Sumatran
and they like living in forests.