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They use their trunks to pick up and to hold things. They can pick up something as tiny as a
marble or as big as a tree. They also breathe through their trunks. Elephants have two tusks,
which are made of ivory. These tusks grow on both sides of their trunks. Elephants can use
their tusks to fight and to dig. People used to hunt elephants because of their valuable tusks.
Ivory was used to make beautiful jewellery and statues. It is against the law to hunt elephants
now because hunting has made them endangered animals.
Answer the following questions on the basis of your reading of the passage.
1. How much does a male African elephant weigh?
2. Write two facts about the African elephant’s ears.
3. What does an African elephant eat?
4. How much water can elephants drink in a day?
5. How did African elephants become endangered animals?
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