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SUMATRAN ELEPHANT
The Sumatran elephant’s habitat is Sumatra, Indonesia. The average male elephant reaches eight feet
high and weighs up to six tons. A baby elephant can weigh up to one ton. The males are always larger than the
females. They are massive creatures.
An elephant has a trunk, two tusks, two eyes, two ears and two lumps on its head. It is known to be a
clever animal. When an elephant is hot, it fan it self by flapping their ears back and forth. When an elephant herd
wants to move, they use their ears as a guide. Their hearing range is very large. Elephant hear some noises that
cannot be heard by a human ear.
Sumatran elephants have enough strength to knock down tree. They can also pick up a long using their
trunk and their tusks. Their trunk is their nose. They also use it like a hand. Just below their trunk, they have their
tusks. Only male Sumatran elephants have tusks. A baby elephant is called a calf, the females are called cows.