An introduction to the elephant, one of the Big Five wild animals. This book looks at the elephant’s physical characteristics, its daily activities, and its family life and home ranges. The book also talks about the conservation of elephants.
This book contains a Glossary and an Index.
The big 5 and other wild animals series is a set of 10 books about wild animals, including the Big Five, which are the lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino. Each book looks at the animal’s family life, territory, daily activities and physical characteristics. All the books discuss conservation.
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Table of Content
Quick facts
Meet the elephant
Great big ears
Useful trunk
What are tusks for?
More uses for tusks
Big teeth
How the teeth get replaced
Elephant graveyards
Male and female elephants
Senses
Big feet
Walking quietly
Rumbles
Water
Swimming
Mud!
Family life
Young bulls and old bulls
Clans and home ranges
Social life
Musth
Finding a mate
Food
Habits
When danger comes
Helping the bush
Elephants and people
Conservation
Culling
About the author
Megan Emmett works in the wildlife industry in South Africa. She completed a B.Tech degree in Nature Conservation and went on to work in a game reserve and park after that. She also worked as a field guide on private safaris in the greater Kruger National Park area. Megan loves studying and writing about wildlife. She has written several books on the topic, produced documentaries for the wildlife television industry, including National Geographic, and contributes articles to magazines like Africa Geographic.More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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