{"id":9067,"date":"2015-04-06T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T05:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=9067"},"modified":"2015-02-28T13:19:28","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T18:19:28","slug":"atozchallenge-elephant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=9067","title":{"rendered":"#AtoZChallenge &#8211; Elephant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-82ZdQpPKCbI\/VMacmclsinI\/AAAAAAAARKI\/wlG9rLuBZzM\/s1600\/E.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-82ZdQpPKCbI\/VMacmclsinI\/AAAAAAAARKI\/wlG9rLuBZzM\/s1600\/E.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elephants are large mammals that are found in Africa and Asia. As their habitats suggest, they are known by the areas they live in.<\/p>\n<p>Their large ear flaps help dissipate heat through the capillaries that carry the heated blood away from the animal&#8217;s body and out into the air.<\/p>\n<p><strong>African Elephant<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/37\/African_Bush_Elephant.jpg\/512px-African_Bush_Elephant.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/37\/African_Bush_Elephant.jpg\/512px-African_Bush_Elephant.jpg\" alt=\"elephant\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">By Muhammad Mahdi Karim Facebook The making of this document was supported by Wikimedia CH. (Submit your project!) For all the files concerned, please see the category Supported by Wikimedia CH. \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 | \u010de\u0161tina | Deutsch | English | fran\u00e7ais | magyar | italiano | \u043c\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0434\u043e\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438 | Bahasa Melayu | Nederlands | rumantsch | +\/\u2212 (Own work) [GFDL 1.2 (http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/licenses\/old-licenses\/fdl-1.2.html)], via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Asian Elephant<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/98\/Elephas_maximus_%28Bandipur%29.jpg\/512px-Elephas_maximus_%28Bandipur%29.jpg\" alt=\"elephant\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">By Yathin S Krishnappa (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elephants are large mammals that are found in Africa and Asia. 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