10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Elephants
There's a lot that you should know about these endangered animals.
Elephants use a complex language and physical gestures to communicate with one another. For example, when they kneel in front of each other, that's considered an invitation to play.Â
Elephants eat more than 300 pound of food a day.
Their ears can span 4 feet wide and two feet high.Â
Elephants really do have excellent memory. They're able to pass information along to one another.Â
Elephants spend at least 20 hours a day moving around in search of food or socialization.
The oldest and largest elephants in the world weigh more than 13,000 pounds and are 13 feet tall.Â
Asian elephants are actually quite different from African elephants. They're more closely related to the woolly mammoth than they are to African elephants.Â
Elephants actually evolved from a mammal called an Eritherium azzouzorum abou 60 million years ago. It was about the size of a rabbit.Â
Elephants use a complex language and physical gestures to communicate with one another. For example, when they kneel in front of each other, that's considered an invitation to play.Â