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All About
African Elephants by Michael Christopher
Nonfiction
www.heinemann.com
ISBN-13: 978-0-325-01692-4 ISBN-10: 0-325-01692-5
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All About
African Elephants by Michael Christopher
Nonfiction
www.heinemann.com
ISBN-13: 978-0-325-01692-4 ISBN-10: 0-325-01692-5
Book 85
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Glossary
All About African Elephants Author: Michael Christopher Heinemann 361 Hanover Street Portsmouth, NH 03801–3912 www.heinemann.com
Africa
one of Earth’s continents
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tough
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tusks
long, pointed teeth
wrinkled
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Glossary
All About African Elephants Author: Michael Christopher Heinemann 361 Hanover Street Portsmouth, NH 03801–3912 www.heinemann.com
Africa
one of Earth’s continents
protect
to keep safe
tough
strong or hard
tusks
long, pointed teeth
wrinkled
covered with lines or folds
Offices and agents throughout the world Fountas and Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention Books Copyright © 2009 by Irene C. Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell, and Heinemann All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission should be mailed to the Permissions Department at Heinemann, 361 Hanover Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801. ISBN-13: 978-0-325-01692-4
ISBN-10: 0-325-01692-5
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Introduction It has big feet with pads on the bottom.
This animal has a trunk and tusks.
It lives in Africa. It is an African elephant!
It has wrinkled skin and big ears.
wrinkled skin
tusks
big ears
trunk
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Elephants are the biggest animals living
Africa
on land. They can weigh as much as a truck! The biggest elephants live in Africa.
= where African elephants live
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An Elephant’s Body An elephant has a long trunk. The
An elephant can pick up a tiny leaf or a
trunk is an elephant’s nose and lip. But an
big branch with its trunk. Sometimes an
elephant also uses its trunk like a hand.
elephant uses its trunk to take a shower!
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All African elephants have tusks. Tusks are long teeth that don’t stop growing. These elephants use their tusks to dig holes. They also use them to carry things. An elephant will even rest its trunk on its tusks.
African elephants have big ears. On hot days, elephants flap their ears to cool off.
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All African elephants have tusks. Tusks are long teeth that don’t stop growing. These elephants use their tusks to dig holes. They also use them to carry things. An elephant will even rest its trunk on its tusks.
African elephants have big ears. On hot days, elephants flap their ears to cool off.
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An elephant’s skin is wrinkled. It looks very tough, but it is not. Elephants can get bug bites and sunburns. An elephant protects its skin by covering it with mud or dirt.
Elephants have big feet with pads on the bottom. The pads let the elephant walk quietly. 10
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An elephant’s skin is wrinkled. It looks very tough, but it is not. Elephants can get bug bites and sunburns. An elephant protects its skin by covering it with mud or dirt.
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Elephants cannot talk, but they do make sounds. Elephants roar, rumble, growl, and make a sound like a horn. They also make some very low sounds that people can’t hear.
An Elephant’s Life Elephants eat about 300 pounds of food a day. They eat grass, plants, fruit, and parts of trees. Elephants reach high with their trunks to get the best leaves. 12
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Elephants cannot talk, but they do make sounds. Elephants roar, rumble, growl, and make a sound like a horn. They also make some very low sounds that people can’t hear.
An Elephant’s Life Elephants eat about 300 pounds of food a day. They eat grass, plants, fruit, and parts of trees. Elephants reach high with their trunks to get the best leaves. 12
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Female elephants and babies live in
Elephants are very good mothers.
family groups. An older female elephant leads
They take good care of their own babies.
the family.
They also watch out for the other babies in their group.
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More Elephant Facts ✸ Elephants can call to each other from miles away. ✸ Elephant babies suck their trunks. ✸ Elephants can live for 70 years or more.
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