Class 7 English — Chapter 2: Bringing up Kari
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What you'll learn
- ▸Kari's Upbringing and Daily Routine
- ▸The Rescue of the Drowning Boy
- ▸The Banana Theft Mystery
- ▸Elephant Psychology and Learning
- ▸Training and Basic Commands
- ▸The Master Call
Chapter Summary
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Did you know?
- 💡 Elephant trunks have over 40,000 muscles, yet contain no bones.
- 💡 An adult elephant can drink over 50 gallons of water in a single day.
- 💡 Elephants communicate using rumbles too low for humans to easily hear.
- 💡 Bananas are botanically classified as berries, despite their appearance.
- 💡 Baby elephants drink around 3 gallons of their mother's milk every day.
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