The African Elephant lives in Africa. African Elephants walk across a plain in Kenya, Africa (Jane Goodalls).

    The African Elephants roam open savannahs and climbs mountains up to a height of 16,000 feet. On its extensive treks, it covers many miles each day (Card 6 Elephants).

    These African Elephants live in clans led by mature females (cows).

    Although herds of these gray giants roam the open country with an easy, swaying giant and a pear to be somewhat slow and ponderous, they are actually capable of extensive subtle movements and great speeds (Card 6).

    Elephants need lots of food. They travel far to find grass, lf plants, leaves, roots, and fruit (Elephants 17).

    In the day a grown Elephant in a zoo may eat 150 pounds of hay, 100pounds of leaves, 10 loaves of bread and some grain (A New True Book 20).  

    The main part of an African Elephants diet consists of dry grasses. The elephant uses it trunk like a hand, pulling out tufts of grass and grasping branches, and twigs to get a foliage and fruit; it can reach even further into the treetop than the long neck giraffe (Card 6).

    The calf is born after a gestation period of almost two years and weighs 150 to 300 pounds (Card 6).

    Elephants are the largest animals that live on land. Among