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videos so let's start the video top 10 fantastic facts about elephants number one dot they're the
world's largest land animal the african elephant is the world's largest land mammal with meals on
average measuring up to three meters high and weighing up to six tons males only reach their
full size at 35 to 40 years that's well over half their lifespan as wild elephants can live for up
to 60 to 70 years and it's not just the adults even calves are huge at birth elephants can weigh
120 kilograms that's almost 19 stone two you can tell the two species apart by barriers there are
two species of elephant african and asian the ears of african elephants are much larger than
their cousins and are described as being shaped like the african continent whereas the ears
of asian elephants are shaped like the indian subcontinents there's also a trunk difference
african elephants have two fingers at the tip of their trunks whereas asian elephants have
one three their trunks have mad skills elephants have around 150 000 muscle units in their trunk
their trunks are perhaps the most sensitive organ found in any mammal asian elephants have been seen
to pick up a peanut shall it blow the shell out and eat the nut elephants use their trunks to
suck up water to drink it can contain up to eight liters of water they also use their trunks as a
snuggle when swimming for their tusks are actually teeth elephant tusks are actually enlarged incisor
teeth which first appear when elephants are around two years old tusks continue growing
throughout their lives tusks are used to help with feeding prizing bark off trees or ticking uproots
or is a defense when fighting but these beautiful tusks often cause elephants danger they're made
from ivory a much desired object read on to find out why elephants are under threat 5. they've got
thick skin an elephant's skin is 2.5 centimeters thick in most places the folds and wrinkles in
their skin can retain up to 10 times more water than flat skin does which helps to cool them down
they keep their skin clean and protect themselves from sunburn by taking regular dust and mud baths
6. elephants are constantly eating elephants need up to 150 kilograms of food per day that's around
375 tins of baked beans although half of this may leave the body undigested they eat so much that
they can spend up to three quarters of their day eating seven they communicate through vibrations
elephants communicate in a variety of ways including sounds like trumpet calls some sounds
are too low for people to hear body language touch and sense they can also communicate through
seismic signals sounds to create vibrations in the ground which they may detect through their bones
eight calves can stand within 20 minutes of birth amazingly elephant calves are able to stand within
20 minutes of being born and can walk within one hour after two days they can keep up with the
hurt this incredible survival technique means that hertz of elephants can keep migrating to find food
and water to thrive nine an elephant never forgets the elephant's temple lobe the area of the brain
associated with memory is larger and denser than that of people hence the saying elephants never
forget 10. around 90 of african elephants have been wiped out in the past century around 90 of
african elephants have been wiped out in the past century largely due to the ivory trait leaving an
estimated 415 000 wild elephants alive today asian elephants are also under threat having declined
by at least 50 in the last three generations they're only around 45 000 left in the wild as
their habitat changes fragments and is lost to human settlements and agriculture populations
of asian elephants are finding it harder to follow their traditional migration routes to reach water
feeding and breeding grounds and they're coming into often dangerous contact with people
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