How to be an Elephant
Across
- 2. A newborn elephant weighs around 220 ______.
- 3. Elephants often _______ hundreds of miles each year to find enough food to feed the herd.
- 6. A baby elephant is called a ___.
- 9. Moisture in this wrinkly part of the elephant is another way they stay cool.
- 11. This part of an elephant is used as a shower, shovel, snorkel, fingers, and more!
- 12. Adult elephants eat 300 or more pounds of ____ a day!
- 13. Elephants must do this for 12-18 hours a day to get enough to eat.
- 14. It takes 22 ______ of of growing before a baby elephant is born.
- 16. An elephant's diet includes _____, leaves, and bark.
- 17. An elephant's body temperature stays around 97 _______ even on the hottest days.
- 19. The elephant herd is made up of sisters, cousins, and this parent.
Down
- 1. Adult elephants can reach speeds of up to 24 miles per ____.
- 4. Elephants drink 20-40 ______ of water a day as adults.
- 5. Dirt is a natural sunblock that also repels parasites like mosquitoes and ______ from elephant skin.
- 7. Elephants must rely heavily on their sense of smell because they have poor ______.
- 8. Newborn elephants can stand on their feet right away because they are targets for ________.
- 10. The ___ elephants leave the herd at adolescence.
- 14. What the eldest female in a herd is called.
- 15. Elephant skeletons are made up of _______ bone tissue that allows them to bear heavy loads.
- 18. An African elephant will fan these to keep cool.
- 20. Around age 3 elephants begin to develop these "modified teeth."