Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Elephants are known for their large ears, tusks made of ivory and their trunks – which are actually a fusion of their nose and upper lip. 2) Elephants are the world's largest land animal! Male African elephants can reach 3m tall and weigh between 4,000 -7,500kg.
They are highly intelligent animals with complex emotions, feelings, compassion and self-awareness (elephants are one of very few species to recognize themselves in a mirror!). The gestation period of an elephant is 22 months. That's almost 2 years, the longest pregnancy of any mammal!
There is no danger that the elephant will become extinct, he said, “because large elephant reserves have been established; and furthermore, wise regulations have been adopted and are enforced; such as prohibiting the sale of tusks below a certain size, the shooting of females except for museums,
Once it reaches adulthood, the female and male elephants are known by different terms. A male elephant is called a bull elephant, and a female elephant is a cow.
Elephants are known for their large ears, tusks made of ivory and their trunks – which are actually a fusion of their nose and upper lip. 2) Elephants are the world's largest land animal! Male African elephants can reach 3m tall and weigh between 4,000 -7,500kg.
They are highly intelligent animals with complex emotions, feelings, compassion and self-awareness (elephants are one of very few species to recognize themselves in a mirror!). The gestation period of an elephant is 22 months. That's almost 2 years, the longest pregnancy of any mammal!
There is no danger that the elephant will become extinct, he said, “because large elephant reserves have been established; and furthermore, wise regulations have been adopted and are enforced; such as prohibiting the sale of tusks below a certain size, the shooting of females except for museums,
Once it reaches adulthood, the female and male elephants are known by different terms. A male elephant is called a bull elephant, and a female elephant is a cow.
