michellek21

8 years ago

Since I wrote an essay about the mistreatment of elephants, I want to learn more about them. Elephants are the largest and heaviest creatures on land. They weigh as much as 80 people! Two species of elephants exist today ---- the African elephant and the Asian elephant. They seem alike, but not identical. African elephants have bigger ears, longer legs, and a more slender body than Asian elephants. Moreover, most of the elephants have grey skins. However, some Asian elephants have pink patches of skin found on ears, trunk, and face. African elephants rarely have them. In Asia, usually, only males have visible tusks, whereas in Africa both male and female elephants normally have them. An elephant's tusks are its front teeth. The part that we see is just two-thirds of the tusks' total length, the rest is hidden in the skull. Elephants tend to be either right handed or left handed. The favorite one becomes more worn. African elephants dig for salt with their tusks. They loosen the soil with the sharp point. An elephant uses its trunk to breathe, eat, drink, pick things up, throw things, feel, smash, fight, play, squirt water, greet, and make sounds. Their powerful trunk had more than 100,000 muscles, which enable an elephant to lift large, heavy objects easily. The trunk of an African elephant has two fingers ar the tip, while the Asain elephant has only one. After I read this book, I truly think such animal should not be punished and mistreated by humans. Now that I know more about them, I can take action to save them from getting extinct. Also, if you are interested in saving elephants, you can also read this book to learn about their cool life in nature!