The Animals

Slide 1:ElEphant Ele phants are mammals , and the large s t land animals alive today. The e le phant's ge s tation pe riod is 22 months , the longe s t of any land animal. At birth it is common for an e le phant calf to we igh 120 kilograms (265 lb). An e le phant may live as long as 70 ye ars , s ome time s longe r. The large s t e le phant e ve r re corde d was s hot in Angola in 1956. This male we ighe d about 12,000 kg (26,400 lb), with a s houlde r he ight of 4.2 m (13.8 ft), a me tre (3 ft 4 in) talle r than the ave rage male African e le phant.

Slide 2: lion The lion (Panthe ra le o ) is a mammal o f the family Fe lidae and o ne o f fo ur \"big cats \" in the ge nus Panthe ra. The lio n is the s e c o nd larg e s t fe line s pe c ie s , afte r the tige r. The male lion, e as ily re cognize d by his mane , we ighs be twe e n 150–250 kg