Movies Available on Amazon Prime: Elephants, Elephants the Whole Story, Echo of the Elephants: The Next Generation, Nourished by the Same River- Man and Elephant. Movies Available on Netflix: Elephant: Spy in the Herd, Tyke Elephant Outlaw We love drawing along with them since tey make it so easy to understand and breaks it down into bite size pieces. Add some fruit to snack on, just like real elephants.Įxperiment: Have some fun with this “ Elephant Toothpaste” experiment, from our favorite science guru, Steve Spangler! We love any experiment which requires only a few supplies.Īrt: Learn to draw an elephant with the folks at Art Hub for Kids. Snack: Little ones will enjoy creating these fun elephant biscuits, from Brie Brie Bloom, to go along with the unit study. Once they’ve lost all their teeth, elephants die from malnutrition or starvation. Older elephants, who have weaker teeth, move to marshy areas, where the grass is wet, making it easier to eat. Each set of teeth is slightly bigger than the last, with the elephant’s final set of teeth being about 8 inches tall and weighing 8 pounds each. Each elephant goes through 6 sets of new teeth in their lifetime. While most mammals have a set of baby teeth that is replaced with a set of permanent teeth, elephants have rotating teeth. New brick-like teeth form in the back of their mouths, pushing the other teeth forward and causing the front teeth to fall out.Between the ages of 12-15, male elephants leave the group and join an all male group. Elephants live in groups of 15 elephants who are all related.Their small, beady eyes result in very poor vision. Elephant’s eyesight doesn’t improve much over the years. While newborn elephants are blind at birth, they do have a very keen sense of smell. They are pregnant for 22 months! Elephants continue to have babies until they are 50 years old. Elephants have the longest gestation period of all mammals.The trunk alone weighs a whopping 400 pounds but is still precise enough to pick up a single grain of rice. Elephants love to swim and their trunk acts as a snorkel while they splash around.
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