Get to know elephant facts

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1. Elephants live in herds guided by oldest and wisest female member. Male elephants will leave the herd when they reach 12 years. They will form "bachelor" herds before they become old enough for a solitary life (life on their own).
2. Elephants sleep 2-3 hours per day. They spend the rest of the time in eating. Elephants are vegetarians (eat only plants). An adult elephant needs to drink around 210 litres of water a day.
3. An elephant can use its tusks to dig for ground water. An adult elephant needs to drink around 210 litres of water a day.
4. Elephants have large, thin ears. Their ears are made up of a complex network of blood vessels which help regulate their temperature. Blood is circulated through their ears to cool them down in hot climates.
5. Elephants have no natural predators. However, lions will sometimes prey on young or weak elephants in the wild. The main risk to elephants is from humans through poaching and changes to their habitat.
6. The elephant’s trunk is able to sense the size, shape and temperature of an object. An elephant uses its trunk to lift food and suck up water then pour it into its mouth.
7. An elephant’s trunk can grow to be about 2 metres long and can weigh up to 140 kg. Some scientists believe that an elephant’s trunk is made up of 100,000 muscles, but no bones. 
8. Elephants communicate within their herds or between herds many kilometers away by stamping their feet and making sounds too low for human ears to perceive.
9. Both female and male African elephants have tusks, but only male Asian elephants have tusks.
10. An elephant can use its tusks to dig for ground water.
11. Elephant's skin is one inch thick, but it can burn on the sun if it is not protected. Elephants use mud to cover their skin and protect it from the sun.
12. Elephants communicate by producing the sounds that humans can't hear and by producing vibrations in the ground using their feet.
13. Elephants perform "burial ceremony" when they lose a member of the herd. They gather around the body and stay in silence for a while. They will use branches to cover the body before they leave.
14. Elephants can recognize themselves in the mirror. Just few animals beside human toddlers are able to do that.
15. They evolved large, thin ears to help regulate their body temperature and keep cool.
16. The elephant’s trunk is able to sense the size, shape, and temperature of an object.