Elephants
Why elephants?
I chose elephants because they're my favorite animal. I've been interested in them for as long as I can remember.
I even have an elephant stuffed animal that I've had since I was a baby. Elephants are the largest mammals and can eat up to 50 tons of food
a year! On average, baby elephants, or calves, weigh over 200 pounds when they're born.
Elephant facts
There are three species of elephants: The African forest elephant,
the African bush elephant, and the Asian elephant. An interesting way to tell them apart is the shape of their ears--African elephants have
ears shaped like the continent of Africa, and Asian elephants have ears shaped like India! Asian elephants are also slightly smaller.
Like humans can be right or left-handed, elephants can have a dominant tusk. They are also known to have emotional understanding and complexity
like that of humans. They can tell how other elephants are feeling and even try to comfort them or mourn them when they die.
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Elephant species
- African Bush
- African Forest
- Asian
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Some elephant ancestors and relatives
- Moeritherium (Paleocene
- Paleomastodon (Eocene)
- Gomphotherium (Ogliocene)
- Stegotetrabelodon (Miocene)
- Mammothus (Pleisocene)
An elephant's favorite foods
- Grasses
- Twigs
- Fruit
- Tree bark
Other animals I like
Elephant Definitions
- Trunk
- - A long appendage without any bones used for most of an elephant's activities. It is a fusion of
the nose and the upper lip
- Ivory
- - A hard white substance made from the tusks of elephants. It is often used for jewelry and ornaments, and
elephants are often killed by poachers for it.
- Herd
- - The name for a group of elephants. Herds are matriarchal and contain anywhere from 8 to 100 elephants.
| Species |
Avg Weight |
Avg Height (@ shoulder) |
| African Bush |
3 to 6.6 tons |
2.6 to 3.6 meters |
| African Forest |
2 to 4 tons |
1.8 to 3 meters |
| Asian |
3 to 4.4 tons |
2.4 to 2.75 meters |
| Life Stage |
Image (African Bush) |
| Baby |
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| Adolescent |
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| Adulthood |
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Converting Decimals to Hexademicals
We're going to convert 4523 to a hexadecimal number.
- First, divide 4523 by 16, getting us 282.6875. We're only using whole integers, so
we'll get rid of the decimal, leaving 282.
- Take the remaining .6875 and multiply it by 16, getting us 11.
- Now we'll divide 282 by 16, getting us 17.625. Again, let's separate the
decimal and the integer, leaving us with 17.
- Take the .625 and multiply it by 16, getting us 10.
- Take the 17 and divide it by 16, getting us 1.0625. Take away the decimal, leaving 1.
- Multiply .0625 by 16, getting us 1.
- Finally, take 1 and divide it by 16, which is .0625. From before, we know that .0625
multiplied by 16 is 1.
- Take each of the values we got from multiplying, end to beginning: 1, 1, 10, 11.
With the corresponding letters in replace of the values, we get 11AB
Converting Hexadecimals to Decimals
We're going to convert AD3 to a decimal.
- First, we need to identify the decimal numbers that correspond
to the letters A and D. A is 10 and D is 13.
- Next, we're going to multiply each number by 16 to a power then add them altogether. So
(10 * 16^2) + (13 * 16^1) + (3 * 16^0)
- 2560 + 208 + 3 = 2771. So AD3 in decimal form is 2771.