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katie salgado 05-09-2011

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IN the world their is so many different kind of animals. one of the animals is an elephant. the elephants live in the wild They are travel in big group's. they travel in groups so the can be more safe. The elephants diet is elephants eat about 330-375lb of vegetables every day a dult male elephants are solitary in nature but may associate with other adult males in small groups.Males will leave the family natal unit between 12 and 15 years of age. The oldest, most dominant female is called the matriarch. ======

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The matriarch is the backbone of the elephant family unit because she provides stability and determines ranging patterns for the rest of the family.the african elephents usually migrate in the beginning of the summer between june and noovember. When the rainy season arrives, usually from October to December and March toJune, elephant herds return to native regions to feed on the lush, green vegetation the rains helped regenerate. Elephant migration allows time for the re—growth of vegetation in exhausted grazing area﻿ ======

 the mollusks are a large and diverse phylum Mollusca, which includes a variety of familiar creatures for their shells or as seafood. Mollusks eat all kinds of things. they eat (octopii, squids, and their allies) are predators of fish and other marine life. the mollusks live in small parts of the ocean.



A group of aniamls having jointed legs and an external skeleton. Insects, ticks, mites and spiders are arthropods.  Arthropods  are a major category of animals, encompassing insects, [|arachnids], [|crustaceans] , [|centipedes] , and a few others. In Greek, arthropod means "jointed foot," a reference to one of the defining characteristics of the [|phylum] — a segmented body with appendages. Arthropods are the most successful and diverse of all animal phyla, in terms of their numbers and ubiquity. They make up about 80% of all animal species, and over a million have been given scientific names.(http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-arthropods.htm) 