- Let us know the amazing facts of African elephant.
- It is the largest living animal on earth.
- COMMON NAME: African elephants
- SCIENTIFIC NAME: Loxodonta
- TYPE: Mammals
- DIET: Herbivore
- AVERAGE LIFE SPAN: Up to 70 years
- SIZE: Height at the shoulder, 8.2 to 13 feet
- WEIGHT: 2.5 to seven tons
- An adult African elephant’s trunk is about seven feet (two meters) long! It’s actually an elongated nose and upper lip. Like most noses, trunks are for smelling.
- When an elephant drinks, it sucks as much as 2 gallons (7.5 litres) of water into its trunk at a time.
- African African Elephants usually live in hot areas. So, they use their trunks to cool down and sprinkle cold water on the body to reduce the heat.
- Elephant bends a tree branch using his trunk to eat food.
- Elephant Trunk helps to hold and carry objects.
- The elephant trunk acts as a sound amplifier.
- The elephant uses his trunk to make a loud noise when frightened.
- Elephants use their trunks to protect or lift their young one’s from danger.
- The elephant can eat about 300 pounds (136 kilograms) of food in a day.
- Female Elephants in adult age and Young Elephants can travel together in groups, however, Male Elephants in the adult age, usually travel alone or with their own Male Groups.
- The African Elephants ears are larger than the Asian Elephants.
