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Physical Characteristics of the Asian Elephant By Skylar, Alexandra, Luke and Ryan It takes 20-22 months for a baby elephant to be born. An elephant calf usually weighs 200-250 pounds at birth. That is more than a grown man would usually weigh! Twins are extremely rare. At birth, an elephant calf is completely helpless. If a predator were to come, the calf would probably be eaten. Asian elephants are very protective about their calves. Mothers stand over their calves for protection. If a calf wanders out of the mother’s sight, the mother will give the calf a gentle spanking with her trunk. Baby elephants drink their mother’s milk. The baby elephant rolls around in dust after they take a bath so they don’t get bug bites. The average height of the male Asian elephant is ten feet at the shoulder. The average height for a female elephant is eight feet tall at the shoulder. The average weight for a male and a female is normally three to four tons. The length of the adult Asian elephant is one hundred twenty to one hundred fifty centimeters. Asian Elephants can live up to sixty years. Asian elephants have small hairs on top of their skin. They are usually grey but occasionally they can have some white blotches. Asian elephants have two molars on each side of their jaw to chew their food. Their brain weighs five thousand grams. Their heart weighs fifty seven pounds. The scientific name for an Asian elephant is elephas Maximus. BIBLIOGRAPHY [|www.nationalgeographic.com] [|www.Honoluluzoo.org] The Life of the Elephant by Bradley Smith Elephants and Mammoths by Gwynne Vevers Rare Wild Animals by Zhang Cizu
 * [[image:physicalalexandra.jpg width="299" height="256" caption="Asian Elephants have small ears"]] ||  [[image:physical_Ryan.jpg width="326" height="255" caption="Asian Elephants shorter tusks than African Elephants"]]  ||
 * [[image:PHYSICAL_SKYLAR!!!!!!!!!.jpg width="296" height="235" caption="Mothers are very protective about their babies."]] ||   ||