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Elephant Hand Puppet Cuddly Toy


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Measures 25cmPlush fake fur Stuffed toy squishy to touchSuitable for ages 3 years and upBring your favourite wild animal to life with this gorgeous furry Elephant hand puppet. Definitely an African elephant by the size of his large furry ears, she'll be perfect for bedtime story-telling and imaginative playtime fun. Put on your own animal parade with our full range of authentic animal handpuppets! ELEPHANT FACTSPhysical CharacteristicsThe elephant is Earth's largest land animal, although the Asian elephant is slightly smaller than its African cousin. Asian elephants can be identified by their smaller, rounded ears, whereas the African elephant has larger ears to help keep it cool in the scorching African heat. An elephant's trunk is actually a long nose with many functions. It is used for smelling, breathing, trumpeting, drinking, and also for grabbing. The trunk alone contains about 100,000 different muscles. The Asian elephant has a fingerlike feature on the end of their trunk that they can use to grab small items and the African elephant has two fingerlike protrusions. HabitatAfrican and Asiatic elephants roam savannas and light forests while the African Forest Elephant mainly lives in African rain forests. BehaviourElephants are fond of water and enjoy showering by sucking water into their trunks and spraying it all over themselves. Afterwards, they often spray their skin with a protective coating of dust. Both male and female African elephants have tusks they use to dig for food and water and strip bark from trees. Males also use the tusks to battle one another. BreedingHerds are composed of mostly females with an older dominant female taking charge. Males are ousted from the herd when they become sexually mature. They roam by themselves and rejoin the females for mating. Elephants have an extremely long gestation period; conception to birth takes 630 days to two years. After a succe..... (more)

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