Elephants Trivia, Elephant Facts

Elephants Trivia, Elephant Facts

*Elephants have been known to remain standing after they die.

*End this common phrase: "Elephants have a very long..." (memory)

*How much water is in Elephants?
70%

The elephant is the largest terrestrical animal on earth.
The elephant is the largest land-mammal

*Which is the largest living land animal?
African elephant

The elephant is the second tallest member of the animal kingdom--only the giraffe is taller.

Elephants has "knees", also on their hind(back) legs

Elephants can not jump

The term "Jumbo" comes from the elephant Jumbo, who after Angola, France and England, was sold to P.T. Barnum (The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus ) in U.S.A. Jumbo died in St. Thomas Ontario, Canada

September 22nd is Elephant Appreciation Day.

* There are two kinds of elephants: the African that is taller and has larger ears and the Indian that is small and has smaller ears.

* The elephant is the largest animal on land. But it is much smaller than the blue whale.

* Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

* Elephants have four teeth and two "tusks." The tusks are the long horn-like parts that come out the sides of their mouths. These tusks grow about seven inches a year, and can get up to twenty feet long! The tusks are made of ivory, which is very valuable.

The elephant is the world's largest land animal.

African elephants have larger ears than Asian elephants.


Adult weight up to 6,000 Kg (male) or 4,000 Kg (female).
Newly born infant weight 100-120 Kg.
Single tusk weight 25-45 Kg (record is over 100 Kg).
Ears up to 2 metres high by 1 metre wide (old male).
Gestation 22 months.
Lifetime Up to 65 years.

Births: Any time of the year, typically every 3-5 years.One young per birth.