Part 1: 12 Amazing facts about the world’s largest land mammal
Twelve facts you didn't know about elephants.
Twelve odd and beautiful facts you didn’t know about elephants:
1. Elephants can hear one another’s calls from up to 5 miles away.
2. The largest elephant on record weighed about 24,000 pounds. He was also 13 feet tall.
3. Elephants can get sunburned. They usually use sand or mud as sunblock.
4. Elephants, like humans, have death rituals. Additionally, if an elephant gets sick, members of the herd will care for it.
5. When the “Elephant Whisperer” Lawrence Anthony died, a herd of elephants arrived at his house to mourn his death.
6. Elephants are actually afraid of bees.
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7. About 100 elephants are killed every day for their ivory.
8. Elephants only sleep about 4 hours each day.
9. An adult elephant requires up to 600 pounds of food and lots of water each day.
10. Elephants are pregnant for 2 years.
11. Phajaan or ‘crushing’ is the traditional Asian torture of young elephants to break their spirit. In order to make them submissive to humans, they are starved, beaten, and kept awake for days. Many elephants used for entertainment have unfortunately been through this.
12. Elephants can differentiate between men and women, and even between different ethnic groups.
If you enjoyed these interesting facts, stay tuned to read part two later today.
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