00:00Elephant is the most popular animal.
00:03Size.
00:04African elephants are the largest of all land animals.
00:08Adult males weighing between
00:101,800 and 6,300 kilograms.
00:152 and 7 tons slash.
00:174,000 and 14,000 pounds.
00:21Females are smaller,
00:23weighing between 2,700 and
00:263,600 kilograms.
00:283 and 4 tons slash.
00:316,000 and 8,000 pounds.
00:34Shoulder height ranges between 3 and 4 m.
00:379.8 and 13.1 feet.
00:41Elephants are grayish to brown in color,
00:43and their body hair is sparse and coarse.
00:46They are found most often in savannas, grasslands,
00:49and forests but occupy a wide range of habitats,
00:53including deserts, swamps,
00:56and highlands in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and Asia.
01:01An adult elephant can eat 4 to 5 bales of hay each day,
01:05which is
01:074.5 to 8 kilograms or 10 to 18 pounds.
01:10The elephant's diet
01:12also requires water.
01:14On average,
01:16each elephant drinks about
01:18100 to 200 liters
01:21or 25 to 50 gallons of water.
01:24In times of drought,
01:26elephants may use their tusks to drill into the ground in search of water.
01:31Elephants eat grasses, leaves, shrubs,
01:35fruits and roots depending on the season and their habitat.
01:39When it's particularly dry,
01:41elephants will eat more woody parts of trees and shrubs like twigs,
01:45branches and barks.
01:48Life cycle
01:48The natural lifespan of the elephant is generally
01:52between 50 and 70 years,
01:54but some have been known to survive for more than 80 years.
01:58Elephant calves need milk for the first
02:012 years of their lives but often continue to suckle until they are 4 years old.
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