BONUS: Awesome African elephants

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1. True: The largest elephant was 3.96 metres tall and weighed 10,400kg!
2. False: their wrinkly skin helps to keep them cool by trapping moisture.
3. True: Elephants show many emotions and can even show signs of grief.
4. True: An African elephant’s ears are like giant fans and can grow to 1.5 metres long.
5. True: Elephant’s are known to use one tusk more than the other, just like we are right- or left-handed.
6. True: Asian elephant’s ears are shaped a little like the continent of Asia too!
7. True: Very few animals are known to do this.
8. False: An elephant trunk has up to 40,000 muscles.
9. False: A baby elephant can stand within 20 minutes of birth and can walk within 1 hour.
10. True: Their tusks continue to grow throughout their lives.