10 facts about Elephants
1. Elephants are large land mammals from Elephantidae family.
2. There are three modern elephant species: African Bush Elephant, African Forest Elephant and the Indian Elephant.
3. Elephant is also known as the largest land animal.
4. The gestation period of the elephant is 22 months, which is the longest period among the animals.
5. The average elephant life period is 60 years. The oldest elephant lived for 82 years.
6. The largest elephant was shot in1956 in Angola. It weighed 12000 kilograms.
7. Elephants are considered to be the symbol of wisdom in some Asian cultures.
8. The estimated number of elephant population is between 470000 and 690000.
9. Both male and female African Elephants have tusks, while in the Asiatic species only males have tusks.
10. The ears of African elephant are twice as large as the Indian Elephant’s.
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