5 Incredible Facts About Elephants.
In honor of World Elephant Day, here are five incredible
facts you might not have known about elephants. .
1. The tusks of an elephant continue to grow
throughout the elephant’s entire life, with adult
male’s tusks growing about seven inches a year.
2. The average lifespan of an elephant is
50 to 70 years, with the oldest elephant
in the world reaching the old age of 86.
3. An elephant’s trunk is its most important limb,
as it is strong enough to rip branches from a tree,
yet sensitive enough to pick up a blade of grass.
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4. Female elephants have a structured social order
and spend their entire lives with their mothers,
grandmothers, aunts, sisters and daughters.
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5. Elephants are uniquely intelligent and
able to display a range of emotions such
as grief, compassion and self-awareness.
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