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Elephantastic Fun Facts
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- An elephant can eat 330 pounds of food every day!
- Although males usually live alone, sometimes they form groups called bachelor herds.
- Elephants can communicate with other elephants that are 2 miles away using infrasound—noises too low in pitch for humans to hear.
- Elephant trunks are very heavy! Sometimes elephants will rest their trunks on their tusks.
- Elephants have dominant tusks, meaning they are right-tusked or left-tusked, just as you are right-handed or left-handed.
- Asian elephants have one “finger” at the tip of their trunks, which is useful for holding things. African elephants, on the other hand, have two “fingers.”
- Each viewing area of Elephants of Asia offers a completely different perspective, as if you were looking out into the wild. Make sure you check out each area!
- In Elephants of Asia, the elephants can bathe themselves without any help from Animal Keepers due to the state-of-the-art pools.
- Did you know that Asian elephants are a flagship species? This means that if we protect these elephants’ natural environment, we can save many species in addition to the elephants!
- When an elephant herd feels threatened, the adults will form a tight circle around the calves.
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| Word Search | Elephants of Asia Crossword Puzzle | Fill-in-the-Blank #1 | Fill-in-the-Blank #2 |
Helpful Hints Glossary
(All of these words and these particular contexts are used in the crossword, the wordsearch or the fill-in-the-blank worksheets.)
- Agricultural: animals who live close to farming lands.
- Aquatic: having to do with water.
- Bull: a male elephant.
- Calf: a baby elephant.
- Chinese water deer: a deer that will share the new exhibit with the elephants. This deer does not have antlers, but instead has large upper canine teeth that look like fangs.
- Conservation: a movement to protect animals’ lives and homes.
- Cow: a female elephant
- Deforestation: the clearing of trees, especially to make room for farming or grazing land.
- Diurnal: an animal that sleeps at night and is awake during the day.
- Domestic: a domestic animal is one that lives around humans and can even serve a purpose in the human world. Elephants, for example, can help humans haul large logs. Once humans start taking care of animals and they become domestic, many of these animals will lose their survival skills and will not be able to survive in the wild.
- Endangered: an animal that is classified as endangered is at “very high risk” for extinction in the wild.
- Habitat: the type of environment that an animal lives in.
- Herd: a group of animals that cooperate and live together.
- Infrasound: noises too low for humans to hear.
- Mammal: An animal that is warm-blooded, has hair and feeds its young milk.
- Matriarch: a female leader.
- Migration: seasonal movement of a group of animals to places that are better for their needs (ex. Better breeding grounds, better weather). Although elephants do not participate in true migration, they do show mild patterns of group movement.
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