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D. ASIAN ELEPHANT-

• They have large ears with a keen sense
DO YOU KNOW!
of hearing.
Asian elephants may spend up to 19 hours
• They large ear also help them to lose
a day feeding, and they can produce about
heat from the body to keep themselves
220 pounds of dung per day
cool.
• Their upper lip fused with nose and modified in the form of trunk, which is used for
breathing, feeding, smelling, drinking, lifting loads, grasping and defence.
• Adults develop modified teeth called tusks, which they use for tearing the bark of

trees, and food.