African Elephants
By Cody, Tanner, and Chase
Listen to the Elephant
Elephant Video Podcast .wmv
In this story we will talk about the African Elephant and its environment. The African Elephant roams the grasslands of Africa. The average lifespan of the elephant is 70 years. Elephants can weigh between 5,000 to 14,000 lbs. Elephants are in the class of herbivores, and eat grasses, fruit, and bark. An adult elephant can consume up to 300 pounds of food in a single day.
Both male and female African elephants have tusks they use to dig for food and water and strip bark from trees. The trunk alone contains about 100,000 different muscles. Males use the tusks to battle one another, but the ivory has also attracted violence of a far more dangerous sort. The tusk of the elephant is very valuable to poachers. Elephants have been placed on the endangered species list because of this.
Having a baby elephant is a serious commitment. Elephants have a longer pregnancy than any other mammal—almost 22 months. Cows usually give birth to one calf every two to four years. At birth, elephants already weigh some 200 pounds and stand about 3 feet tall.
Female elephants (cows) live in family herds with their young, but adult males (bulls) tend to roam on their own. African elephants generally live wherever they can find enough food and water with minimal disturbance from people.
Elephant ears radiate heat to help keep these large animals cool, but sometimes the African heat is too much. Elephants are fond of water and enjoy showering by sucking water into their trunks and spraying it all over themselves. Afterwards, they often spray their skin with a protective coating of dust.
Check out our video!
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid263790608/bclid269000829/bctid269000573
Source: http://www.nationalgeograpic.com
By Cody, Tanner, and Chase
Listen to the Elephant
Elephant Video Podcast .wmv
In this story we will talk about the African Elephant and its environment. The African Elephant roams the grasslands of Africa. The average lifespan of the elephant is 70 years. Elephants can weigh between 5,000 to 14,000 lbs. Elephants are in the class of herbivores, and eat grasses, fruit, and bark. An adult elephant can consume up to 300 pounds of food in a single day.
Both male and female African elephants have tusks they use to dig for food and water and strip bark from trees. The trunk alone contains about 100,000 different muscles. Males use the tusks to battle one another, but the ivory has also attracted violence of a far more dangerous sort. The tusk of the elephant is very valuable to poachers. Elephants have been placed on the endangered species list because of this.
Having a baby elephant is a serious commitment. Elephants have a longer pregnancy than any other mammal—almost 22 months. Cows usually give birth to one calf every two to four years. At birth, elephants already weigh some 200 pounds and stand about 3 feet tall.
Female elephants (cows) live in family herds with their young, but adult males (bulls) tend to roam on their own. African elephants generally live wherever they can find enough food and water with minimal disturbance from people.
Elephant ears radiate heat to help keep these large animals cool, but sometimes the African heat is too much. Elephants are fond of water and enjoy showering by sucking water into their trunks and spraying it all over themselves. Afterwards, they often spray their skin with a protective coating of dust.
Check out our video!
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid263790608/bclid269000829/bctid269000573
Source: http://www.nationalgeograpic.com
9 comments:
You did a great job!
You guys did a wonderful job!!!
I had a really great time doing our blog.
The African elephant is awesome!
The African elephant is awesome!
" your blog is awesome " 1!!!
You guys did such a Great job! I really enjoyed working with you during the Summer Tech Academy!
Mrs. Musser
Cody, Chase and Tanner,
I hope you had fun in Tech class. I enjoyed working with you on your research. You guys did an awsome job on your Videocast.
Cody I really enjoyed getting to konw you better. You were a hard worker and I am glad you got to come to Tech class.
All of you enjoy your summer, and keep up with your blog page.
Hi Cody, Tanner and Chase,
Check out my blog page and let me know what you think.
I enjoyed out class last week.
Mrs. Hustad
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