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World Elephant Day – Last week we celebrated World Elephant Day. At the end of the school day, for some therapeutic time, each learner of Stulting Primary, Humansdorp received an elephant colouring-in picture of their choice. While watching a short video clip about elephants, the learners got to colour in which was so therapeutic and such fun. The real colours of elephants seemed too dull for them.
The purpose of this World Elephant Day activity was to raise awareness about the importance of elephants and the responsibility to protect them. These young elephant enthusiasts really did a great job by reminding everybody of the vital role to play in preserving these majestic creatures and their habitats.
The learners had to go home and find a fun or interesting facts and bring it to school for show and tell.
𝘿𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨?
- Elephants are the largest land mammals.
- Wild elephants live in families called herds – herds are made up of female elephants.
- A young male elephant stays with the herd until he is about 15 years old. He then leaves and lives alone like most bull elephants.
- A healthy adult elephant can drink up to 60 gallons of water each day – which is the same as about 275 big bottles of coke.
- To drink, they suck the water up into their trunk and spray it into their mouths.
- Elephants have an incredible memory and can remember locations of water sources and other elephants they have met.
- The trunk of an elephant has more than 40,000 muscles, giving it extraordinary strength and dexterity.
- Elephants are known for their strong social bonds and often show empathy by comforting each other in distress.
- An elephant’s skin is 2.5 centimetres thick in some places, yet it is sensitive enough to feel a fly landing on it.
- There are three species of elephants: African Savannah, African Forest and Asian elephants.
- African elephants have larger ears shaped like the African continent, while Asian elephants have smaller, rounder ears.
- An adult elephant can weigh up to about 6,350 kg.
- Elephants use their tusks to dig for water, strip bark from trees and even as weapons.
- Elephants have an incredible sense of smell, one of the best in the animal kingdom.
- An elephant’s heart can weigh as much as about 13.6 kg.
- Elephants live in tight-knit family groups led by a female called a matriarch.
- Elephants are great swimmers and use their trunks as snorkels in deep water.
- Elephants communicate through sounds, body language and even low-frequency rumbles that humans can’t hear.
- Elephants love to roll in mud and dust to protect their skin from the sun and insects.
- Elephants are herbivores and eat grasses, leaves, fruits and bark—up to 136 kg of food a day!
- Elephants can show emotions like joy, anger and even grief.
- Elephants have sensitive feet and can feel vibrations from the ground, like approaching animals or distant thunderstorms.
These facts highlight just how amazing and unique elephants are!
Elephants are magnificent creatures that demonstrate the beauty of nature’s diversity and the importance of conservation efforts. Their intelligence, memory and social structures remind us of the complex and wonderful world we share.
Let’s celebrate and protect our elephants for the future.
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