Lesson A DAY WITH NANDU A DAY WITH

Lesson A DAY WITH NANDU

A DAY WITH NANDU • Nandu is an elephant. • Elephant moves in a group. • A group of elephants is called a herd.

Herd of elephant A herd of elephant has baby elephant and female elephant.

Live in the herd • Male elephant live in the herd till they are 14 -15 years old. Then they leave the herd move alone.

To keep cool • Elephant have big ears that work like fans and help to keep them cool.

• Young once of elephant love play in water.

• like elephant other animals also live together in groups.

Search of food • They move around in groups in search of food.

Food of elephant ha • An adult Elephant can eat more than 100 kilograms of leaves and twigs in one day. •

Lets Know Something About Elephants • Elephants are the largest land animals. • In India Elephants are mainly found in Kerala. • Elephants live upto age of 50 to 70 years.

Nandu is Playing with his Nani-Ma

• Elephants eat their favourite leaves and twigs.

• Baby Elephants enjoy playing in water.

About Elephants • Elephant can eat more than 100 kilograms of leaves and twigs in one day. • Elephants sleep for only two to four hours in a day. • Elephants love to play with mud and water. • Their big ears also work like fans.

• An elephant herd has only females and baby elephants. • The oldest female is the leader of the herd.

Other Animals that live in herd For Example…. . § Musk Ox § Zebra § Giraffe

NOW ITS ACTIVITY TIME Pictures of groups of some animals are given below. Write the names of the animals.

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Contd…. A Pride of ………. A Flock of ………. A herd of ………. . A shoal of………. A Swarm of ………. A colony of ………

Elephants There are two types of elephant. Indian elephants are smaller than African elephants are the biggest land animal. They can live to be eighty.

Baby Elephants A baby elephant is called a calf. A newborn elephant weighs about 110 kg. It is covered in hair. Baby elephants stay in the group until they are about ten years old.

The Trunk An elephant’s trunk is really a nose. They use their trunk to drink. They breathe through the trunk. They also use the trunk to break branches and to pick up food.

Food Adult elephants eat in the morning and evening. They eat lots of leaves and grass. They use their trunk to suck up water and then squirt it in their mouth.

Habitat African elephants live in grasslands and forests. Indian elephants live in jungles. Their habitats are being destroyed.

Protecting Elephants are beautiful animals. People must save their habitat and protect them. Without this help all the world’s elephants will die.

Pictures of group animals are given below. write the names of the animals

FLYING TOGETHER

A flock of birds

A herd of elephants

A pack of wolves

A shoal of fishes

A pride of Lions

A kindle of kittens

A muster of peacocks

A leap of Leopard

A scourge of mosquitoes

A parliament of owls

A creche of penguins

A swarm of rats

A Swarm of Bees