Facts About Everyone's Favorite Gentle Giants

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AmyBrown
Aug 21, 2020 3:00 PM EDT

Elephants may just be the most incredible animals on Earth. Not only are they intelligent, but they have such a range for emotional capacity. 

They can feel, they express their happiness or their sadness. They are social creatures, like us. If a baby elephant cries, the herd will come to comfort the baby by caressing it with their trunks. 

Elephants are not only deep-feeling animals, they are the only species on Earth with their unique characteristics, not a single other animal shares a similar physique. 

And here's another wild fact for you -- elephants purr just like cats! Sure they communicate though trumpet sounds and such, but they also produce rumbles so low that the human ears don't pick up on it. 

There are just so many reasons why elephants are amazing but for now, we'll let you dive into some awesome facts about them! 


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    Text - AN ELEPHANT'S TUSK WEIGHT MAY EXCEED UP TO 200 KG C440 LBS)
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    Elephant - THE LARGEST ELEPHANT WAS AN AFRICAN ELEPHANT THAT WEIGHED AROUND 24,000 POUNDS AND WAS 13 FEET TALL.
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    Elephant - MALE ELEPHANTS ARE CALLED BULLS AND FEMALES ARE CALLED COWS.
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    Elephant - ELEPHANTS GREET EACH OTHER BY WRAPPING THEIR TRUNKS TOGETHER.
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    Text - ELEPHANTS USE THEIR INCISOR TEETH FOR DEFENSE, DIGGING FOR WATER AND LIFTING THINGS.
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    Elephant - AN ELEPHANT NEEDS AROUND 300 KG OF FOOD & 160 LITERS OF WATER EACH DAY.
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    Elephant - THE ELEPHANT IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST LAND ANIMAL.
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    Elephant - AN ELEPHANT'S TRUNK HAS MORE THAN 40,000 MUSCLES.
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    Natural landscape - ELEPHANTS ARE HERBIVORES AND CAN SPEND AROUND 16 HOURS A DAY SEARCHING FOR LEAVES, BAMBO0 & ROOTS.
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    Elephant - AN ELEPHANT'S AVERAGE LIFESPAN IS AROUND 60 TO 70 YEARS.
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    Elephant - ELEPHANTS GENERALLY SLEEP 2 TO 3 HOURS EACH DAY.
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    Elephant - ELEPHANTS CAN UNDERSTAND HUMAN-LIKE EMOTIONS SUCH AS FEELING A LOSS, GRIEVING AND EVEN CRYING.
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    Terrestrial animal - ELEPHANTS HAVE THE LONGEST GESTATION PERIOD OF ALL THE ANIMALS, 22 MONTHS.
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    Elephant - ELEPHANTS WAVE THEIR TRUNKS AROUND IN ORDER TO SMELL THINGS BETTER.
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    Elephant - ELEPHANTS USE THEIR TRUNK TO BREATHE LIKE A SNORKEL WHILE SWIMMING.
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    Elephant - ELEPHANTS USE SAND OR MUD TO KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE FROM SUNBURNS.
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    Elephant - LIKE HUMANS, ELEPHANTS HAVE DEATH RITUALS.
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    Elephant - THE HEART OF AN ELEPHANT WEIGHS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 27 AND 46 POUNDS.
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    Terrestrial animal - AN ELEPHANT IS THE ONLY MAMMAL WHO CAN'T JUMP.
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    Elephant - ELEPHANTS CAN IDENTIFY THEMSELVES IN A MIRROR.
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    Terrestrial animal - AN ELEPHANT CAN IDENTIFY THE PRESENCE OF RAIN FROM 150 MILES AWAY.
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