Prezi: Elephant DLO

R.E: Values

Writing: Elephant Report

Elephant Report

Introduction:

Big Bulk and incredibly massive! Elephants belong to the elephantidae family and are a big
herd that sticks together. These majestic creatures are also known as the biggest land
mammals. Because they are mammals, they live on land which is their natural habitat.

Types of elephants:

There are 2 types of elephants, the African elephant, and the Indian elephant. Both male
and female African elephants have a swade back, wrinkly grey skin, and large tusks. However,
the Indian elephant is the complete opposite. Indian elephants are much smaller in size.
They have smaller ears, and their skin is less wrinkly.

Habitat and Diet:

African elephants mostly live in the continent of Africa.  Indian elephants also known as Asian
elephants, live in the continent of Asia. Elephants stick together in tight groups led by the
oldest female called the Matriarch. They can grow upto 11 ft tall and they can weigh about
13,000 pounds. Most elephants are so big that they eat upto 400 pounds of food and drink
about 30 gallons of water each day. Elephants are herbivores which means they don’t eat meat.
Instead, they eat things like leaves, twigs, bark, fruit, and roots. Baby elephants are often
known as calves. Calves have a different diet to fully grown elephants as they only feed off
their mothers milk. Calves are quite hairy and can grow about 2-3 ft tall.

Special features/ talents:

Other than baby elephants called calves, male elephants are called bulls and the females are
called cows. Elephants flap their giant ears to cool off, and use their tusks for fighting. Their
tusks can also be used to dig bark from the ground as they have poor eyesight. Although they
have poor eyesight, they have excellent hearing and a good sense of smell. Elephants have
long tusks, and have huge trunks that continue to grow for all their life.

Endangerment:

A huge number of elephants have been killed for their tusks. People who hunt for their  tusks,
are part of a commercial industry called the Ivory trade. The Ivory trade is where people hunt
for different mammals and tusks and use it to carve into art and/or to sell it for big money.
Elephants and other mammals tusks are worth about $1,500 per pound! Elephants tusks weigh
around 100-200 pounds. This means hunters are getting around $150,000 per elephant!

Conclusion:

Research has shown that if the poaching and killing continues, all elephants will be
endangered by the year 2020. We need to do our bit by not buying products such as elephant
skin, and not buying products from the Ivory trade industry. We need to leave the elephants
alone and stop harming them in any form or shape. If these negative things continue, these
fantastic creatures are no longer going to be around.