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  • Faces People, Places, and World Culture for Kids and Children

    AT A GLANCE

    Jul 01, 2019 2 minutes
    by Christine Graf

    Largest Land Animal:

    he African elephant is the world’s largest animal, and weighs more than 200 pounds (91 kg) at birth. Once fully grown, these elephants weigh an average 12,000 pounds (5,445 kilograms). African elephants have the longest gestation period (the time between conception and birth) of any animal. It averages

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