A baby elephant is sniffing a flower with its trunk.

Baby Elephant and Flower - Printable Coloring Page

A cartoon elephant stands on a small, oval-shaped grassy area with a few blades of grass. The elephant is facing left, with its trunk extended towards a single flower. The flower has five petals and a circular center, with a stem and two leaves. The elephant has large ears, small eyes, and visible toenails on its feet.

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•An elephant's trunk contains about 40,000 individual muscles—humans only have about 600 muscles in their entire body.
•Elephants are the only land mammals that cannot jump, although they are excellent swimmers.
•An elephant uses its large ears like giant fans to radiate heat and stay cool in hot climates.
•African elephants have larger ears shaped like the continent of Africa, while Asian elephants have smaller, rounded ears.
•An adult elephant can eat as much as 300 pounds of vegetation and bark in a single day.

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