African Elephant
African Elephant
African Elephant and Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus
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African elephant ears look like the continent of what?
Africa
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How do the elephant's ears help keep them cool?
They radiate heat.
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What does an excited greeting between elephants suggest?
Elephants remember one another even after they separated for many years.
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What does hippopotamus mean?
"river horse"
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Why do hippos remain submerged in water?
because their skin is vulnerable to overheating and dehydration
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If the heat is too much, what do the elephants do?
They shower by sucking water into their trunks and spraying it all over themselves.
200
What do elephants do after they shower?
They spray their skin with a protective coating of dust.
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How long is an elephant's pregnancy?
22 months
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Why is there a myth that says "hippos sweat blood"?
because their skin exudes a red, oily liquid that looks like blood
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What do we call a group of hippos?
bloat
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What part of the elephant is used for smelling, breathing, trumpeting, drinking and grabbing things?
trunk
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What part of the elephant is used to dig for food and water and strip bark from trees?
tusks
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What do they call the elephants' teeth?
Loxodonta- "Lozenge-tooth"
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How are hippos' habitat divided?
by individual mating territories
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What do hippos do after 5 to 6 hours of intensive grazing?
Hippos return to their "water bed" and spend the remainder of the day digesting their food and socializing.
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Why is the African elephant remain endangered?
elephants are being killed for their (valuable ivory) tusks
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What do elephants eat?
roots, grasses, fruit and bark
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What do elephants do when they are on alert?
They raise their trunks like periscope, with the tips pointed toward the danger or where the ill wind is blowing.
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Who defends hippos' mating territories?
the mature bulls (males over the age of 20)
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How wide can the hippos' territory be and how many years will they defend it?
about 50-100 yard section of a river and they defend it for 20-30 years (full adult life span)
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How do elephants communicate?
through touch, taste and smell
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What will the mother elephant do to discipline her calf?
turn and shove him
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How do the hippos keep their teeth sharp?
by honing them against the short upper pair
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How fast can the hippos gallop?
at a speed of 18 miles per hour
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Hippos are very agile. They gallop and climb. What can't they do?
They are unable to jump.
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