"African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth."
SCIENTFIC NAME: Loxodonta Africana
WEIGHT : 2,000 to 6,100 KG
SIZE : Up to 4 meters
LIFE SPAN : 60 to 70 years
HABITAT : Savanna,Grasslands and Arid desserts
DIET : Herbivorous
GESTATION : About 22 months
SOUND :
INTELLIGANCE : Very intelligent animals and have good memory
BEHAVIORS
Elephants have a very long nose ,trunk, used for breathing, smelling, drinking, trumpeting, and grabbing objects.
Their trunks are also a grooming tool. Grooming consists of using their trunks to cover themselves with mud or water to maintain hydration.
They have two fingerlike extensions on the tips of their trunks that are used for holding onto small objects.
They also use their trunks to exhibit affection.
DIET
Elephants and Food are in unbreakable relationship. They spend the majority of their day roaming across large distances to forage for grasses,
fruits, roots, and bark.
They can eat up to 136 kilograms of food and drink 113 to 190 liters of water in one day.
These hungry animals do not sleep much, roaming great distances while foraging for the large
quantities of food that they require to sustain their massive bodies.
DID YOU KNOW ?
Elephant family members show signs of grief and may revisit the bones of the deceased for years, touching them with their trunks.
Mud baths protect elephants from the sun and clean their skin of bugs and ticks.
Elephants communicate over long distances using low-frequency sounds called infrasound.
They can use these deep rumbles to convey information about their location, emotional state,
and reproductive status.
African elephant tusks! They're not just big,
they NEVER stop growing throughout their life! Imagine needing to constantly chew to keep your teeth in check!
