The elephant, the world’s largest living creature, is known for its long trunk, horizontal legs, and large head with short glands and broad, flat ears. Elephants are gray and brown, and their body hair is thin and wrinkled. They are often found in savannas, plains, and forests, but they live in many different places, including deserts, swamps, and highlands in the tropical regions of Africa and Asia.
Adjective Words to Describe Elephant
Following are some adjective words to use while describing Elephant in writing:
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african |
great |
rude |
terrified |
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armed |
heavy |
single |
tiny orange |
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baby elephant |
huge |
small |
tipsy |
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better |
indian |
solemn |
trained |
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big |
jolliest elephant |
sporty |
tropic |
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black |
mad |
stately |
twin |
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captured |
male |
staunch |
unfortunate |
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clumsy |
numerous |
strongest |
united |
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dead |
old elephant |
stuffed |
unwieldly |
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enormous |
poor |
successful |
wandering |
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fast |
raging |
swift |
wearied |
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female |
real |
tailed |
whitewashed |
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fine |
remaining |
tall |
wild elephant |
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furious |
rough |
tamed |
wise elephant |
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gigantic |
royal |
terrific |
young elephant |
The savanna elephant, or forest, weighs up to 8,000 kg (9 tons) and stands 3 to 4 feet (10 to 13 m) tall at the shoulder.
The Asian elephant weighs about 5,500 pounds [5,500 kg] and has a shoulder length of 10 feet (3.5 m). The Asian elephant includes three species: India, or the mainland, Sumatran and Sri Lankan. African elephants have very large ears, which are used to relieve body heat.
Elephants use the trunk as a hand in other ways as well. The use of elephant tools involves inserting branches and scratching them in areas where the trunk and tail are inaccessible. Sometimes large branches are used, and objects can be thrown into the danger areas. When elephants meet, one can touch the other’s face, or they will meet the trunks. This “trunk-shake” can be compared to a human handshake because it can be associated with similar functions as a confirmation and greeting or as a means of testing the strength.
Breathing, drinking, and eating are all important functions of the body. Most breathing is done by the stem rather than by the mouth. Elephants drink by absorbing 10 Ltrs of water from the trunk and squeezing it into their mouths. They usually remove the grass, leaves, and fruit at the end of the stem and use it to put the grass in their mouth. The stem is also used to collect dust or grass for spraying them, perhaps to prevent insect bites from the sun. When danger approaches, elephants lift and swallow the trunk as if it were a “caravan of wagons,” possibly sniffing air for information.
Elephant tusks have shiny teeth made of ivory. The African elephant, both male and female, have teeth, and the Asian elephant, especially the male which has tusks. When present in the female, the tusks are small, thin, and often not of the same thickness which a male elephant has.