2B Gentle Giants

#1 There are three types of elephants. Two types live in Africa: one in the savannna and one in the forest. The third type lives in Asia. Asian elephants have much smaller ears than African elephants.

#1 Postoje tri vrste slonova. Dvije vrste žive u Africi: jedna vrsta u savani i druga vrsta u šumi. Treća vrsta živi u Aziji. Azijski slonovi imaju puno manje uši od afričkih slonova.

#2 Everybody knows that elephants are the biggest land animals. Did you know that the tallest elephant ever was four meters tall? An average elephant is heavier than 150 men!

#2 Svi znaju da su slonovi najveće kopnene životinje. Jeste li znali da je najviši slon ikada bio četiri metra visok? Prosječan slon je teži od 150 muškaraca!

#3 Mother elephants carry their baby elephants in their wombs for 649 days, or 22 months. When it is born, a baby elephant weights around 110 kilos.

#3 Majke slonice nose svoje bebe slonove u svojim utrobama 649 dana, ili 22 mjeseca. Nakon rođenja, beba slon teži oko 110 kilograma.

#4 An elephant has the longest nose of all animals. It is called a trunk. It is about two meters long and it weights around 135 kilos.

#4 Slon ima najduži nos od svih životinje. Naziva se surla. Duga je oko dva metra i teži oko 135 kilograma.

#5 Elephants have got huge front teeth. They are called tusks. Tusks weight around 45 kilos. Elephants' tusks are made of ivory. That is why people kill lots of elephants every year.

#5 Slonovi imaju ogromne prednje zube. Nazivaju se kljove. Teže oko 45 kilograma. Kljove slona su izrađene od slonovače (bjelokosti). Zato ljudi ubijaju jako puno slonova svake godine.

#6 Elephants can live up to 70 years in the wild, but not many live that long.

#6 Slonovi mogu živjeti do 70 godina u divljini, ali mnogi ne žive tako dugo.

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