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Elephants get friendly with humans. They are often used as working animals.

Elephants were first domesticated in India thousands of years ago. The
festivals in many temples of Kerala feature colourful elephant pageants. The
elephant-headed god Ganesha is probably the most popular deity in India.

A Comprehension

A1. Choose the correct answer from the brackets.

1. An elephant’s nose is called a . (tongue, tusk, trunk)

2. A female elephant is called a . (buffalo, calf, cow)

3. How much food does an adult elephant eat every day? (10 kilograms,
100 kilograms, 200 kilograms)

4. An elephant’s tusk is also called . (trunk, ivory, horn)
5. Elephant pageants are organized in . (Kerala, Odisha,

Gujarat)

A2. Answer these questi ons.

1. Describe how an elephant looks.

2. What are the differences between an African elephant and an Asian

elephant?

3. What food do elephants eat?

4. How do the elephants show friendship?

5. Why do some people kill elephants?

6. How do elephants hear with their feet?

7. Elephants are as intelligent as humans. True or false?

8. ‘In a forest there are one hundred elephants. So some of them can
be killed for ivory.’ What do you think about this?

domesticated : trained to live with probably : likely
humans deity : god
pageant : an outdoor show

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