Elephants by Mr Rhodes https://padlet.com/arhodes20/27jpd23su6fb Enter your facts about elephants en-us 2017-12-05 16:52:39 UTC 2025-11-08 15:55:43 UTC hello@padlet.com Extra info https://padlet.com/arhodes20/27jpd23su6fb/wish/213691205 Elephants are able to swim for long distances.

Their tusks are made of ivory.]]> 2017-12-06 13:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/arhodes20/27jpd23su6fb/wish/213691205 Diet arhodes20 https://padlet.com/arhodes20/27jpd23su6fb/wish/213867580 When elephants are young they learn what to eat by watching the older elephants.

Elephants are herbivores, they eat leaves, bark, fruit, grass, roots and other vegetation.]]> 2017-12-06 19:06:19 UTC https://padlet.com/arhodes20/27jpd23su6fb/wish/213867580 Habitat arhodes20 https://padlet.com/arhodes20/27jpd23su6fb/wish/213867629 African savannah elephants are found in savannah zones in 37 countries south of the Sahara desert.]]> 2017-12-06 19:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/arhodes20/27jpd23su6fb/wish/213867629 Behaviour arhodes20 https://padlet.com/arhodes20/27jpd23su6fb/wish/213867701 Sixteen to eighteen hours or nearly 80 % of an elephants day is spent feeding.

Elephants live in large social groups with a female elephant in charge of the family]]> 2017-12-06 19:06:35 UTC https://padlet.com/arhodes20/27jpd23su6fb/wish/213867701 Young arhodes20 https://padlet.com/arhodes20/27jpd23su6fb/wish/213868126 Baby elephants are called calves.

When elephants are born they weigh around 91kg and are 1m tall.]]> 2017-12-06 19:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/arhodes20/27jpd23su6fb/wish/213868126 Appearance arhodes20 https://padlet.com/arhodes20/27jpd23su6fb/wish/213868244 Elephants are large mammals. 

They have grey, wrinkly skin and large ears.

They use their ears to keep themselves cool in the warm weather of Africa.

They have a long trunk which they use to pick up their food.

They can also hold water in their trunk.

Elephants sometimes have large tusks made of ivory, however, elephants can be hunted for their tusks.


]]> 2017-12-06 19:07:33 UTC https://padlet.com/arhodes20/27jpd23su6fb/wish/213868244 Species arhodes20 https://padlet.com/arhodes20/27jpd23su6fb/wish/213869644 There are two different species of elephants. African elephants, which are the largest, have ears shaped similar to Africa. Asian elephants live in jungles and are smaller than African elephants.]]> 2017-12-06 19:10:04 UTC https://padlet.com/arhodes20/27jpd23su6fb/wish/213869644