Instruction: Read the selection, enumerate characteristics of an
elephant.
Elephants are mammals that are distinguished by their large or massive and long
trunk which is used for breathing, smelling, touching, feeding, drinking, lifting heavy
objects, and trumpeting. They are equally remarkable for their tusks which are
extremely long teeth that keep growing during the elephant's life. Their tusk is made of
ivory for which elephants have always been hunted. Adult elephants have little hair on
their thick, wrinkled skin; but their tails are tipped with wiry hair and their eyelashes can
be over five (5) inches long. Elephants are great eaters, consuming up to 225 kilos of
leaves, bark, fruits, and grasses a day, and up to 40 gallons of water. Elephants have
been a great help to people for at least 5,000 years because of their size and strength.
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