AnimalsSavanna
Elephant Fun facts for kids
Loxodonta africana
The elephant lives on grassy plains and woodlands in Africa and eats grass, leaves and bark.
- Where it lives
- on grassy plains and woodlands in Africa
- What it eats
- grass, leaves and bark
- How big it is
- twice as tall as a person
Fun facts about the elephant
The ones Sammy likes best. She tells them in the game, too.
Its trunk can lift a heavy log, yet it can also pick up a single blade of grass.
Elephants are left-tusked or right-tusked, like being left-handed or right-handed, so one tusk wears down more.
An elephant walks on tiptoe on soft cushions, so even this giant can move almost silently.
Elephants aren't really scared of mice, but they don't like bees, so beehive fences keep them out of fields.
Elephants talk with deep rumbles too low for us to hear, and they may feel them through their feet.
Elephants flap their huge ears to cool down, and some say an African elephant's ear looks a bit like Africa.
An elephant can recognise itself when it looks in a mirror.
Elephants can't sweat much, so they cover themselves in mud and dust as sunscreen and to keep bugs away.
Riddle
Can a friend guess it?
Read the clues to someone, one at a time, without saying the animal. How many clues do they need? Fewer is better, just like in the game.
I live in Africa in a big family that is led by the oldest grandmother.
I cover myself in mud and dust, because it works like sunscreen and keeps bugs away.
I talk in rumbles too deep for you to hear, and may feel them with my feet.
Just like you are left-handed or right-handed, I use one of my two long teeth more.
I'm the biggest land animal, and my long trunk can lift a log or one blade of grass.
Sammy might be thinking of an elephant.
In Thought Zoo, Sammy picks an animal and you ask her yes-or-no questions to find it. You'll find the elephant in the Savanna adventure.
Play the SavannaComing to iPad, iPhone and Android on 12 January 2027
