An elephant's trunk is a long nose. It is also its upper lip. A trunk has no bones.
An elephant uses its trunk to grab things. It can pick things up too.
Elephants spray water over themselves with their trunks. They also drink water. One can drink up to 50 gallons in a day. That is about 190 liters.
Elephants flap their big ears to cool off. They do this on hot days.
African elephants have big ears. Asian ones have smaller ears. The big ears are shaped a bit like Africa.
A tusk is a long front tooth. It keeps growing. They use tusks to dig for water and food.
Elephants make low rumbling sounds. Some are too low for people to hear.
A newborn elephant is a calf. A newborn African calf weighs about 200 to 260 pounds.
Elephants live in family groups called herds. An older female leads an African herd. We call her the matriarch.
Words to know
- trunk: a long nose
- tusk: a front tooth
- calf: a baby elephant
- herd: a family group
- matriarch: the lead female
