12/7/2023 0 Comments Random fact about elephants![]() ![]() Their Head is a Quarter of Their Body Weight African Bush Elephants Live in the Savanna, Deserts, and Rainforest 13 Fun Facts About African Bush Elephants.They are the largest land mammals and many of them live together in social herds and families. Elephants are gentle animals whose intelligence is similar to apes and chimpanzees.African farmers use beehives to keep elephants out. Elephants spray mud on themselves to protect their thick skin from bugs and ticks.They cry when upset and trumpet when happy or angry. On average each elephant produces one ton of dung per week, and plays a role in keeping the soil fertile.It is estimated that there are only around 415,000 wild African elephants left today. 90% of African elephants have been killed in the past 100 years, mainly for ivory trade.Elephants maybe large, but they can still run fast and reach speeds of 25 miles an hour.Elephants often put their trunks to the ground to locate other elephants. ![]() Would you ever think that feet could be used to hear? Elephants are able to listen using their feet! They are able to pick up subsonic noises and other vibrations in the ground.Elephants are known to possess very good memory, as they have a large dense temporal lobe in their brain.Elephants communicate through trumpet calls.Elephants tusks are made of ivory and are in fact teeth that grow throughout their lives.Asian elephants have much smaller ears than African elephants. There are two types of elephants: African elephants and Asian elephants.They are great swimmers and can swim long distances (up to 30 miles). For example, elephants that are in captivity live shorter than elephants in the wild: an average of 17 years in a zoo against 56 years in the wild.Įlephants can breathe under water, using their trunks. However, there a lot of factors that need to be considered. African elephants typically make it to 60 or 70. The average lifespan for Asian elephants is 48 years. Once they get to this age, they leave the herd and mainly live alone for the rest of their life. Male elephants will live with the herd until they are about 13 years old. An elephant herd can have 8-100 elephants. These family groups called ‘herds’ are led by a single elephant, known as the matriarch, which is usually the oldest female. Do elephants live together?įemale elephants spend their entire lives living together with other females and calves. Mothers and aunts care for the elephant while they are young. They also use their tusks to help dig for water.Īn elephant calf can stand within 20 minutes of birth and walk with the herd within an hour.Įlephants are social emotional beings that care for their young as a group. Why do elephants have tusks?īoth female and male African elephants have tusks which they use to help find and dig for food. The average African elephant will grow to between 8.2 to 13 feet (2.5 to 4 meters). Females are smaller, weighing between 6,000 and 8,000 pounds. How much does an elephant weigh?Įlephants generally weigh between 4,500 and 11,000 pounds on average.Īfrican elephants are the largest of all land animals, adult males weighing between 4,000 and 14,000 pounds. Their trunks can grow to be about six feet long, and can sense the size, shape, and temperature of an object.Įlephants use their trunks to help them lift up food, and they also use them to suck up water and pour it into their mouth. They have large, thin ears that are used to help cool them down, and have long, powerful trunks. An elephant’s skin is sensitive and may feel smooth to the touch despite its look being dry and rough.Įlephants belong to the mammal family, which means that they have hair, give birth to live young, and feed their babies milk.Elephants often drink 25 to 50 gallons or 100 to 200 liters of water each day.Elephants may eat continuously for up to 16 hours each day.Elephants are communal and social creatures that provide for their offspring.A trunk of an elephant may include 40,000 muscles.The biggest land animal still alive is the African elephant.Elephants have the longest eyelashes at 5 inches or 12.7 cm long.The entire body of an elephant is covered in hair. ![]()
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