{"id":18301,"date":"2022-12-31T14:57:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T14:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/?p=18301"},"modified":"2023-04-14T15:52:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T15:52:12","slug":"elephant-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/animals\/general-animals\/elephant-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"10 unforgettable elephant facts!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ready to get the lowdown on these gentle giants, gang? Check out our ten elephant-<\/em>astic elephant facts!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1)<\/strong>\u00a0There are\u00a0three\u00a0<\/em>different species of elephant \u2013 the African Savannah elephant<\/strong>, the African Forest elephant\u00a0<\/strong>and the Asian elephant<\/strong>. Elephants are known for their large ears<\/strong>, tusks\u00a0made of ivory\u00a0<\/strong>and their trunks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2)<\/strong> Elephants are the world\u2019s largest land animal! Male African elephants can reach 3m tall<\/strong> and weigh between 4,000 -7,500kg<\/strong>. Asian elephants are slightly smaller, reaching 2.7m tall<\/strong> and weighing 3,000\u2013 6,000kg<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3)<\/strong>\u00a0There\u2019s an easy way to tell the African elephants apart from their Asian cousins \u2013 their ears! African elephants have large ears\u00a0shaped like the continent of Africa<\/strong>! Asian elephants\u2019 ears are smaller and\u00a0shaped like India<\/a><\/strong>. Cool, huh?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4)<\/strong> You can tell a lot about an elephant by looking at their tusks! Elephant tusks never stop growing<\/strong>, so enormous tusks can be a sign of an old elephant. Both male and female African elephants grow tusks, but only male <\/em>Asian elephants <\/strong>grow them. A tusk-less adult elephant is likely to be a female Asian elephant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5)<\/strong> Until recently, African Forest elephants were thought to be a subspecies <\/strong>of the African elephant, but new research discovered that they are actually a separate species <\/strong>entirely.<\/strong> These elephants live in the tropical forests of Africa\u2019s Congo Basin. <\/strong>They have straighter tusks and more rounded ears than Savannah elephants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6)<\/strong> These magnificent mammals spend between 12 to 18 hours <\/em><\/strong>eating grass<\/strong>, plants<\/strong> and fruit<\/strong> every single day! They use their long trunks to smell their food and lift it up into their mouth \u2013 yum<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7)<\/strong> All that eating means one thing, gang, an awful lot of poo<\/strong>! Each elephant creates about one tonne of poo per week, which keeps the soil <\/strong>fertile<\/strong> and disperses tree seeds<\/strong>. Elephants also dig <\/strong>waterholes and create footpaths<\/strong>, literally changing the landscape around them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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9)<\/strong> Elephants have created their very own sunscreen<\/strong>! After a river or swamp bath, they\u2019ll throw mud and sand up and over themselves to protect their skin from the hot, burning sun. Clever!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10)<\/strong>\u00a0Sadly, elephants are in trouble. Many are killed by humans for their\u00a0ivory<\/strong>\u00a0tusks, because they\u2019ve come into conflict with communities or simply for sport. There are far fewer\u00a0Asian elephants<\/strong> than there are\u00a0African elephants<\/strong>. Asian elephants also face threats from\u00a0tourist attractions<\/strong>\u00a0where people pay to ride on their backs or watch them paint pictures using their trunks.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Check out more articles about awesome elephants! Read our interview with Harry Potter star Evanna Lynch<\/a> to find out how she’s helping elephants, and learn how one young boy is taking action <\/a>to save these incredible animals.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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8)<\/strong>\u00a0In\u00a0Mount Elgon National Park\u00a0<\/strong>in\u00a0Kenya<\/a><\/strong>, a group of elephants use their tusks to mine for salt in\u00a0underground caves<\/strong>! They feel their way around with their\u00a0trunks and eat the salts by breaking them off with their tusks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n