Facts about Elephants

• There are two types of Elephants, Asian and African

• Elephant’s scientific name -African is Loxodonta africana and the Asian name is Elephas Maximus

• Elephants are the largest land mammal in the world

• Elephants live in Asia and Africa

• African elephants are larger than Asian elephants and have larger ears

• Elephants are around 200 pounds when they are born

• Adult elephants weigh between 5,000 and 14,000 pounds

• A female elephant is called a cow

• A male elephant is called a bull

• A baby elephant is called a calf

• Elephants have no natural animal predators

• Humans are known to kill elephants for their ivory tusks

• Scientists discovered that elephants sing. They use an ultrasound rumble

  too low for humans to hear  to keep the heard together and to find mates

• Elephants travel in a herd (10 or more elephants) lead by a female

• Elephants are herbivores meaning they only eat plants and vegetables no meat

• Elephants eat grass, leaves, shrubs, branches, fruit

• They spend 16 hours a day eating

• Adult elephants eat 300-600 pounds of food everyday

• Elephants drink 40-50 gallons of water everyday

• Elephants sleep about 2 hours per day

• Elephants like to swim

• Elephants trunk are their nose