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THIS IS THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT
ALSO KNOWN AS LOXODONTA AFRICANA
IT IS THE LARGEST MAMMAL ON LAND!
THEY EXPRESS GRIEF, COMPASSION SELF-AWARENESS, EMAPTHY AND PLAY
ELEPHANTS PURR LIKE CATS AS A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION
THEIR NUMBERS ARE DECLINING RAPIDLY DUE TO POACHING...
THERE ARE APPROX. 470 000 LEFT IN THE WILD IN AFRICA
Elephant trunks can lift up to 770 lbs. They could hoist the average Japanese sumo wrestler, weighing 340 lbs, like a bag of peanuts.
By holding the tips of their trunks above the water's surface, elephants can traverse rivers totally submerged.
Elephant trunks have finger-like points at their tips they use to grab things. African elephants have two while Asian elephants have only one.
An elephant's trunk contains over 40,000 muscles. For comparison, the human body only has 639!
Elephants have a sense of smell up to four times as sensitive as a bloodhounds. They can smell water from several miles away.
Elephant trunks are stunted at birth, then rapidly elongate over the course of a few days.