A day with Nandu Enjoy the day with

A day with Nandu Enjoy the day with Nandu

NANDU IS A BABY ELEPHANT

NANDU NANI MA NANDU WITH HIS FAMILY MEMBERS

NANDU WITH HIS FAMILY MOVING ABOUT IN A FOREST NANI MA MA NANDU

ELEPHANTS EAT LEAVES AND TWIGS

DO U KNOW? • Do you know that an adult elephant can eat more than 100 kilograms of leaves and twigs in one day? Elephants do not rest very much. They sleep for only two to four hours in a day. Elephants love to play with mud and water. The mud keeps their skin cool. Their big ears also work like fans. The elephants flaps these to keep themselves cool.

Nandu is only three months old, but he weighs 200 kilograms.

Amma gently pushed Nandu towards the water

• You know about Nandu and the elephant herd. • An elephant herd has only females and baby elephants. The oldest female is the leader of the herd. A herd may have 10 to 12 female elephants and young ones. Male elephants live in the herd till they are 14 -15 years old. Then they leave their herd and move around alone. Nandu will also leave his herd when he is that old.

Have you ever taken a ride on an elephant?

Elephant is also a good friend of man.

How many legs does this elephant have?

They make us dance and dance. Even if we don’t want to or we are in pain. That too, with an empty stomach!

You have only seen how fast I run. Have you seen my shoes? Do you know how much pain I get when they fix the horse shoes to my hooves?

You see me in circus- dancing and jumping through rings of fire. You clap and enjoy. Do you think that I also enjoy all this? If I do not do this I woo get no food, only get a beating!