🐾 Elephant & Calf

Watch the video and meet Elephant & Calf!

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Baby Name

A baby elephant is called a calf! It is born big and wrinkly, covered in soft wispy hairs, and stays close to its mama and herd.

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Home

Elephants live on the grassy savannas and in the forests of Africa. They roam in loving family herds led by a wise grandmother called the matriarch.

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Food

Mama elephant drinks up to 50 gallons of water a day and eats grasses, leaves, bark, and fruit. Her calf drinks only mama's milk for the first two years!

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Mama Helps

Mama uses her trunk like a gentle arm to guide, hug, and steady her calf. The whole herd of aunties and grandmothers help babysit and protect the little one too!

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Baby Learns

The calf learns to use its wobbly trunk by watching mama — it practices picking up sticks and splashing in puddles. It takes months to get it just right!

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Wow Fact

Baby elephants are born weighing about 200 pounds — as heavy as two big motorcycles — and can stand up and walk within just a few hours of being born!