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→Lifecyle of an Elephant: Subheading read 'lifecyle' not 'lifecycle'
===About Elephants===
: The trunk on an [[elephant]] is a very long [[nose]].
: An [[elephant]] has can grow two very long teeth called tusks.
===Examples===
{| class="wikitable"
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align[[File:Elephant.png|center;" |African Elephant Picture300px]]| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align[[File:IndianElephant.png|center;" |Indian Elephant Picture300px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:200px300px; text-align:center;" |This is a picture of an African [[elephant]].| style="height:20px; width:200px300px; text-align:center;" |This is a picture of an Indian [[elephant]].
|}
:*Feed their babies with [[milk]].
: A young [[elephant]] is called a calf.
: [[Elephant]]s usually live in a grassland or savanna [[habitat]].
{| class="wikitable"|-|[[File:ElephantSkeleton.png|center|300px]]|-| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:center;" |An elephant's [[Skeletal System|skeleton]] showing its [[backbone]].|} =Lifecyle ==Lifecycle of an Elephant===
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Foetus'''
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |When a [[elephant]] has been born it cannot eat so it gets milk from its mother to survive. This 'young' is an elephant calf.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |An adult [[elephant]] is mature and can have it's own [[offspring]].
|}
===Adaptations of Elephants===
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''Adaptation'''
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |'''Purpose'''
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A trunk
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To pick leaves from [[tree]]s and to take in [[water]] for drinking.
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |No hair
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To keep cool in its hot [[habitat]]s.
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Tusks
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To defend against [[predator]]s.
|}
:*Give birth to live young.
:*Keep a constant internal [[temperature]].
===Adaptations of Elephants===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''Adaptation'''
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |'''Purpose'''
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A trunk
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To pick leaves from [[tree]]s and to take in [[water]] for drinking.
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |No hair
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To keep cool in its hot [[habitat]]s.
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Tusks
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To defend against [[predator]]s.
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Wide feet
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |So it does not sink in mud or sand.
|}
==Key Stage 4==
:*Are [[viviparous]].
:*Are [[homeotherm]]s.
===Adaptations of Elephants===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''Adaptation'''
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |'''Purpose'''
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A trunk
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To pick leaves from [[tree]]s and to take in [[water]] for drinking.
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |No hair
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To keep cool in its hot [[habitat]]s.
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Tusks
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To defend against [[predator]]s.
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Wide feet
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |So it does not sink in mud or sand.
|}
==Beyond the Curriculum==
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