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ELEPHANTS
Elephants rarely fight. They’re too big
and heavy to throw their weight around,
and quickly overheat if they try. If two
males meet as rivals in the persence
of a female, they settle their differences
by edging tusks each other cut, and
eventually by a pushing match.
^ But they have formidable
teeth in their long jaws of
the woolly opossum to
defend themselves and their
young against predators.
FERCIOUS
TIGER
Cheetals and leopards may hunt in pairs.
But tigers are usually alone. They patrol
an area of forest and hunt by stealth -
Waiting for prey to appear, creeping up
on it, and pouncing. It will be a lucky pig
That escapes those canine teeth and
extended claws and the massive weight
of her muscular body.