Asian+Elephant+Habitat

__ Asian Elephant Habitat __ By Sofia, Ben, Grace, and Jack Wild Asian elephants live in many Asian countries. They can be found in India, southern China, Sri Lanka, and Southeast Asian countries, such as Thailand and Indonesia. Their habitats include marshes, tropical forests, and open scrubland. Unlike African elephants, Asian elephants do not live in deserts. They can live on heights up to 12,000 feet to find plants. They need a lot of space because their food sources, a variety of plants, are widespread. They enjoy swimming in marshes and rivers and live in slightly colder climates than the African elephant. Asian elephants eat bamboo, shrubs, grasses and trees. They don’t thrive in dense forests. They can drink up to 100 liters of water a day. Work elephants can be found living in South Asian villages and the first ones were domesticated around 4,000 years ago. Today the elephant trainer and rider is called an oozie. The elephant and oozie grow up together in their village and learn to trust one another. The elephants are used mostly in the logging industry.
 * [[image:HABITAT_GRACE!.jpg width="322" height="272" caption="Asian Elephants live in open scrublands and tropical forests"]] || [[image:Habitat_Sofia.jpg width="327" height="265" caption="Asian Elephant habitat is getting smaller every day."]] ||

** BIBLIOGRAPHY ** __ Animal Habitats __ by Dr. Tony Hare __ Rare Wild Animals __ by Zhang Cizu __ In the Forest with the Elephants __ by Donald Schmidt __ Saving Endangered Animals __ by Thane Maynard __ Guiness World Records 2009 __ [|www.honoluluzoo.org] [|www.nationalzoo.si.edu] [|www.bbc.co.uk]