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Feeding habits
Elephants can eat up to 450 pounds of leaves and branches off trees, using their trunk to tear limbs(WIK).
Distrabution
African elephants are found in parts of Africa(bpb).
Water
Elephants get water when there is no stream or other body of water by digging where there was water before until they hit water( WKAN).
living space
Elephants have no permanent living space and keep traveling(NZ).
Young
Young elephants learn from their mothers. At night the adults sleep around the young to protect them from predators(BPB).
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Habitat
Critical information/Reasons for Endangerment
Adaptations
- Both African elephants males and females have tusks to defend themselves
- Elephants have large ears to help cool off in the hot sun of the deserts.
- They have thick skin to help protect themselves from predators.
- They have large legs to help them travel long distances.
- They have a trunk to help them carry things or break things.
- All WIK
Food chain
BIBLiography
"African Elephant." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 31 May 2012. Web. 30 May 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_elephant>.(WIK)
"African Elephants." - National Zoo| FONZ. Web. 31 May 2012. <http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AfricanSavanna/fact-afelephant.cfm>.(NZ)
"African Elephant - Loxodonta Africana." African Elephant - Loxodonta Africana. Web. 31 May 2012. <http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/african_elephant.htm>.
"Baby Elephant." Baby Elephant. Web. 30 May 2012. <http://www.typeanimal.com/baby-elephant.html>.
"Natural Science." : Elephant-drinking-. Web. 30 May 2012. <http://mirror-uk-rb1.gallery.hd.org/_c/natural-science/_more2003/_more09/elephant-drinking-water-in-Addo-Park-Eastern-Cape-South-Africa-WL.jpg.html>.
"Sumatraâs Elephants Moving Closer to Extinction." Sumatraâs Elephants Moving Closer to Extinction. Web. 30 May 2012. <http://bikyamasr.com/54825/sumatras-elephants-moving-closer-to-extinction/>.(BM)