Interesting Facts about AFRICAN ELEPHANTS ***

Facts about African Elephants

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Description of African Elephants
The African Elephant is described as the Loxodonta africana of Africa. They are very large, grey, four-legged herbivorous mammals. They have almost hairless skin, a distinctive long, flexible, prehensile trunk. Its upper incisors form long curved tusks of ivory. African Elephants have large fan-shaped ears and two “fingers” at the tip of its trunk, compared to only one in the Asian species.

Facts about where African Elephants live and what they eat!
African Elephants are herbivores and eat all types of vegetation such as grasses, leaves, fruits, and bark

Facts about the African Elephants ears

Despite the size of ears the African Elephant’s hearing is poor
They have bigger ears than Indian Elephants
African Elephants ears are used to aid ventilation
One of the softest parts of their body is at the back of the ears, which is called the knuckle. Elephant trainers use their feet to steer or give commands to the animal via the knuckle at the back of the ears

Basic Facts about African Elephants
The name of an adult male is referred to as a bull
The name of an adult female is referred to as a cow
The name or offspring, or a baby Elephant, is a calf
The average size of a litter is just one Elephant
The collective name for a group of Elephants is a herd
The sounds made by an adult Elephant are referred to as grunts, purrs, bellows, whistles and trumpeting

Facts about the Size of Male African Elephants
A fully grown adult reaches the height of 10 - 13 feet
Adult African Elephants weigh about 15,400 pounds

Cool and Fun Facts about the life, behavior and personality of the African Elephants

The African Elephant is the largest of all land mammals
Life Span - African Elephants can live for up to 70 years
Elephants normally walk about 4 mph
Elephants are able to swim for long distances
Elephants spend about 16 hours a day eating
African elephants consume as much as 495 pounds of food per day
They live in tight social units led by an older matriarch
Males leave the herd between the ages of 12 and 15
Their tusks are of ivory and are actually enormously enlarged incisors
The African Elephant's eyes are small and its eyesight is poor
They have the largest brains in the animal kingdom