Elephant Research Project
A Sample for Students
Largest Land Animals
An adult male African Elephant can grow to be 13 ft. tall and weigh 13,000 lbs.!
Herbivores
African elephants are herbivores, which means that they eat plants. An adult can eat up to 400 lbs. of grass, leaves, and roots per day! They use their long trunks to grasp food and gather water, and tusks help them to dig roots.
Life in the Herd
The Herd
A group of females and their young
Calves
Baby elephants are raised by the whole herd
Matriarch
Female leader of the herd
Traveling in a herd provides protection from predators and helps elephants to keep from being lost.
African Savanna
These elephants call the hot and dry grasslands of the Savanna home, and they are perfectly adapted to meet the challenges of this environment.
"African Savanna" by Pim Niesten