African Elephants

African Elephants are mammals which means they are warm blooded and herbivores so they are plant eaters. Loxodont africana is there scientific name. The 2 species of African Elephant are Savannah/Bush and Forest Elephant. A family of Elephants contains females, their babies and other female Elephants. The male Elephants live on there own or live with other males. Female African Elephants are called cows, Male Elephants are called bulls and baby Elephants are called Calves. There used to be over 120,000 African Elephants but now there are 600,000 to 700,000 African Elephants. 

African Elephants can weigh up to 2.5 to 7 tons and 12 to 24 ft in length. Their trunks can make heaps of noises, not just trumping noises. The trunk has the most muscles. Also have huge tusk to hunt for predators. In their body they have over 40,000 muscles. They have huge teeth, there molars will grow six times in a lifetime and grow 10 to 12 inches long and weigh more than 3.6 kg. 

African Elephants can live in multiple places mostly found in sub saharan Africa. Some are found tropical and subtropical places, dry lands and by water holes. Water holes give them access to water so they can drink water and have water baths. 

African Elephants can live up to 70 years or older. With there tunk they can do heaps of things like dig holes, bath them. When African Elephants greet each other they touch trunks. When they're happy, joyful, excited or ready to fight they make grunting noises. In their lifetime they make 70 sounds and 160 signals. The noise that they make the most is a trumpeting noise. When a baby african elephant is born they weigh up to 120 kgs, they in there mums tummy for 22 months till it is born. 

Some Elephants have been extinct and I think elephants should not be extinct because they are innocent creatures and deserve better than they get.  

Written by Jorja