0:00:03 > 0:00:04Morning, everyone.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06Leah here this Tuesday morning, live with Newsround.
0:00:06 > 0:00:13Coming up: Jenny's in South Africa with kids who love elephants.
0:00:13 > 0:00:18And how elephant poo could help tackle poachers.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26First up, countries around the world are meeting in South Africa
0:00:28 > 0:00:31to decide how to protect endangered animals like elephants.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Jenny's there this morning.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37Hi, Jenny, what have you been finding out this week so far?
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Hi, guys, welcome to Johannesburg - one the biggest cities
0:00:40 > 0:00:42in South Africa.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Thousands of African elephants are being illegally killed
0:00:44 > 0:00:47for their ivory tusks every year.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51I've been spending the last week learning about
0:00:51 > 0:00:52these amazing creatures.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55As part of that, I went to speak to schoolchildren who live close
0:00:55 > 0:00:58to nature reserves where elephants live, to see what they think
0:00:58 > 0:01:00about elephants, what they feel about them being killed
0:01:00 > 0:01:06and to answer your questions about living near to nature's giants.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10In Afrikaans, olifant means elephant.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Elephant in one word - amazing.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14Brilliant.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Beautiful.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20Unique.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24These children live in Hoedspruit in South Africa.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Some classes are taken outside, a lot of their lessons
0:01:26 > 0:01:30involve learning about animals and even their awards
0:01:30 > 0:01:34have a bit of a theme.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Their school is only 20 minutes away from nature reserves
0:01:37 > 0:01:40and loads of incredible animals, including elephants, who are a big
0:01:40 > 0:01:47part of their lives.
0:01:47 > 0:01:56It is not just the children here who are interested
0:01:56 > 0:01:57in elephants.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00They are popular around the world, including at this
0:02:00 > 0:02:02school in the UK who have even named their class after them.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03ALL: We love elephants!
0:02:03 > 0:02:06And they've got some big questions for the children
0:02:06 > 0:02:07living in South Africa.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08What's it like living near elephants?
0:02:08 > 0:02:11It's nice because you get to see them a lot and you get to
0:02:11 > 0:02:12learn about them.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16It is just very nice being around them and you can often hear them
0:02:16 > 0:02:17communicate with each other.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19It is actually quite cool unless they start to wreck
0:02:19 > 0:02:21through your gates and stuff.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23What are the bad things about living around elephants?
0:02:23 > 0:02:26They often rip up the water pipes and we have solar panels and they
0:02:26 > 0:02:30often like to stand on the solar panels.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34We had a school tour for my class and we were actually charged
0:02:34 > 0:02:36by an elephant.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Luckily, the bus was able to get away fast enough.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43I don't find that they are really bad because it is not their fault
0:02:43 > 0:02:46that they need food, they need water, and want to defend themselves
0:02:46 > 0:02:48because they feel like you are threatening them.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49How do elephants show their feelings?
0:02:49 > 0:02:51It's noises and grumbling but also by their language.
0:02:51 > 0:03:00When an elephant is angry or scared its tail will go up like this.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04I'm sad and annoyed about elephants and how they are poached.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06How does that make you feel?
0:03:06 > 0:03:12Mainly disappointed that people would kill the animals for money.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15I just hate the fact that they are getting poached.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18It annoys me so much.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22The poachers, all they really want are their tusks because they use
0:03:22 > 0:03:23them to make ivory and stuff,
0:03:23 > 0:03:26so you're killing an endangered animal
0:03:26 > 0:03:28which is part of the big five for no reason.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31It makes me feel sad but angry at the same time.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35How would you feel if elephants died out?
0:03:35 > 0:03:39It would make me feel sad because in the future other people
0:03:39 > 0:03:43wouldn't get to see them.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45I think if any animal becomes extinct the world becomes
0:03:45 > 0:03:47a worse place.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49I think all animals have a role in nature.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52I love elephants in general.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54I love how important they are to the environment.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58I love watching them.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02They mean a lot to me because they are just so amazing.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04They are really, really brilliant creatures.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08I like them because they are very wise and to me they seem like,
0:04:08 > 0:04:14I don't know, they seem to know everything.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19Thanks, Newsround.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22As well as speaking to children, I've been to a nature reserve to try
0:04:22 > 0:04:25and track down some elephants myself.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26But it wasn't easy.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Luckily, we had ranger David to help us
0:04:28 > 0:04:33and he had a pretty gross way of doing it -
0:04:33 > 0:04:36by examining their poo.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Don't forget, you should never touch animal poo.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41David is an expert and he knows what he's doing.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44What is it you can find out about an elephant from the poo?
0:04:44 > 0:04:47You can definitely see here is a very good example.
0:04:47 > 0:04:53You can see some nice, fresh dung.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56You can still see it is nice and moist in the inside
0:04:56 > 0:04:57and moist on the outside.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58Not slimy.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00You can see dung, dried out.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02You can always follow the fresh dung and
0:05:02 > 0:05:05you know that the elephants are close by or not very far, often.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07See you can use them to track them?
0:05:07 > 0:05:08Yes, definitely.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10You can also see some nice sticks.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14Sticks and pieces of grass, tree bark, and that shows
0:05:14 > 0:05:15exactly what they were eating.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17And you are not afraid to touch it?
0:05:17 > 0:05:18No.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Because I'm not going to lie, I'm not very keen.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24It's just grass and sticks with a little bit of water in between
0:05:24 > 0:05:27and it has got a little bit of a smell but, yeah,
0:05:27 > 0:05:29it's not very gross.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32There you have it, elephant poo.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Thanks, Jen.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Finally, weather forecasters say the most
0:05:36 > 0:05:39powerful hurricane in the Caribbean for almost ten years will reach
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Haiti in the next few hours.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43It's predicted that Hurricane Matthew will cause winds
0:05:43 > 0:05:50of up to 140mph and up to 40 inches of rain.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52That's all from me.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Newsround's back at 4:20pm with Naz.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Bye.