African Elephants
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How many muscles does an elephant trunk have?
40,000 muscles.
Namibia
A country in southwest Africa where elephants and many other animals live such as the giraffe, zebra, antelope, and lion.
Matriarch
A female head of the elephant herd.
What does a layer of mud protect an elephant's skin from?
Parasites and sunburn.
Ivory
The hard yellowish-white substance that forms the tusks of some animals such as elephants
A baby elephant weighs 250 pounds.
This is the size of a grown black bear.
Poachers
Those who hunt wildlife illegally.
Elephants are the largest land mammal on earth and they have the largest teeth.
True