Save the Elephants

Facts

Elephants have the largest brain of all land mamals.They have about 6-7 new sets of teeth during their life time(weighng 4kg each and 30cm long). When the last teeth wear out the elephant will die. They do not have bones in their trunks, and the trunk is not used for drinking, it is used for sucking up water to blow into their mouth. The trunk is also used for fighting. The tusks are incisor teeth which grow on the upper jaw when they are 2-5 years old.

Fun Facts about Elephants:

  • sweat only at their toenails.
  • asian elephants have 5 toes on front feet and 4 on their back teeth.
  • they smell by placing their trunk in their mouth after touching an object.
  • can walk or swim under water, using trunk as snorkle.
  • live about 55-60 years old.
  • oldest known 82 year old.
  • working age 25 years olf and retirement 50 years old.
  • run up to 20km an hour.
  • can't walk longer then 12km per hour.
  • elephants sleep 3-5 hours a night.
  • fertile 5-16 and can be fertile up to 50 years old.
  • they can have 11-12 calves in their lifetime.
  • males hit puberty at 14.
  • pregnancy lasts 21-24 months with males and 17.5-24 months with females.
  • newborn 80-100kg will stand within 2 hours.
  • newborns drink 10 liters of milk a day.
  • elephants are pure vegatarians.
  • elephants can drink 200 liters (90 gallons) of water a day and eat 250kg of food a day.

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