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Elephant | Lifestyle, Food, Facts

Elephants are scattered throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia and are found in a variety of habitats, including savannas, forests, deserts, and marshes. The ears of an African elephant are large and concave, while the ears of Asian elephants are small and convex. Or level back. Focus on their family groups. Rely on their mothers for three years. Elephants are very social and can communicate with each other and identify other elephants, which, according to the National Zoo, fall below the audible range of humans, using rumble, low-pitch sounds 2 miles apart. Up to a distance of 2 miles.




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The trunk has a very long nose, which is made from the upper lip. An elephant uses its trunk to grab items like food. Although the rest of an elephant is strong and thick, its trunk is very soft and sensitive. Elephants avoid symbiotic ants from the acacia tree because they can bite inside the stalk of an elephant.



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1) African elephant. Weighing up to 6000 kg (6.6 tons) and measuring up to 3.3 meters (10 ft) at the shoulder, the African elephant is the world's largest land mammal.


2) The oldest known elephant in the world lived for 86 years (1917 - 2003). The average age of an elephant ranges from 50 to 70 years. The largest known elephant was shot in Angola in 1956 and weighed around 24 000 pounds! Its shoulder height was 3.96 meters!

3) Elephants have two parts - a walk and a fast movement which is similar to walking. They cannot jump, trope or gallop, although they can swim and use their trunk as a snorkel.

4) Very large ears of the elephant are used to remove excess heat from the body. 

5) There are three different species of elephants left in the world: Asian elephants and wilderness and savanna elephant species in Africa.

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Sixteen to eighteen hours or about 80% of an elephant's day is spent in feeding. Elephant meadows, small plants, shrubs, fruits, twigs, tree bark, and roots. Tree bark is a favorite source of elephants. It contains calcium and roughage, which aids digestion.

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