How do you tell the difference between an African elephant and an Indian elephant? Answer: the size of its ears. An African elephant’s ears are three times the size of the Asian elephant’s ears, and weigh in at a hundred pounds each! They each have a surface area of 3000 in², more than 50% of …
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The Elephant’s Trunk
The name ‘elephant’ comes from a Greek word meaning ‘ivory.’ This animal, the largest of all land creatures, lives up to 70 years or longer. The parents must wait 22 months for the birth of their baby but it weighs in at 260 pounds! Eventually, the calf will reach an average of six tons and …