Elephants have always been known for their crinkley gray skin and their long trunk but there is even more you might not know. Elephants are massive think about it they're the largest land mammal ever! African elephants are bigger than asians. Each elephant helps other elephants by helping taking care of babies so every elephant has a babysitter. The babies use their long gray trunks to play, and elephant adults and babies will connect their trunks together to say hello. They can make a trumpet sound from their trunks, have you ever heard that sound? An african elephant could use its long trunk and to suck up 2 gallons of water to take a long cold shower. Elephants can identify their own shadow that is so cool you might think that's easy but for an animal it’s probably not! That connects to how smart they are.They are very smart that is why they can recognize their own shadow. Elephants use a very quiet sound that we can not hear to talk. There is a myth that says elephants are scared of mice but they are really not. Elephants have leg joints but they can’t really jump!. They walk quietly because of really soft tissue on their feet. Now let’s talk about the elephant's mouth, first of all they have 24 chompers 4 more than us! Elephant's molars can come back six times. Elephant’s cream colored tusks can dig holes and rip bark of trees. Humans seem to love their cream colored ivory teeth because they can make things with it and use it for decoration. Elephants have a long trunk lots of teeth and grey and brown skin.
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