Elephants usually eat tender branches and leaves, wild fruits, weeds, tender bamboo, wild vegetables and other plants. Sometimes they eat soil and stones containing mineral salts, and sometimes they eat meat occasionally, such as pregnant females.

An adult elephant drinks hundreds of liters of water and eats hundreds of kilograms of grass every day.

Elephant, English elephant, long nose, Elephantidae, commonly known as elephant.

Elephants are now the largest land mammals in the world. Elephants are social animals, with the family as the unit and the female elephant as the leader. The daily activity time, action route, feeding place and habitat are all commanded by the mother elephant. Adult male elephants only bear the responsibility of protecting family safety. Sometimes several elephants get together to form hundreds of elephants. The elephant's cortex is very thick, which can effectively prevent mosquito bites. Ivory is an important weapon to defend the enemy.

Living habits

Elephants are social animals, with the family as the unit and the female elephant as the leader. The daily activity time, action route, feeding place and habitat are all commanded by the mother elephant. Adult male elephants only bear the responsibility of protecting family safety. Sometimes several elephants get together to form a large group with hundreds of elephants.

Distribution area

Elephants are widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and even the tropical and subtropical areas along the southern border of China. Location: India, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and other countries.

There are also a few wild populations in Xishuangbanna, China. African elephants and African forest elephants are widely distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa and like to live in groups.

Asian elephants were once widely distributed in South Asia and Southeast Asia south of the Yangtze River in China, but now their distribution is decreasing, mainly in India, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and other countries. There are also a few wild populations in Xishuangbanna, China. African elephants are widely distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa (all subspecies of North Africa became extinct in the early19th century). Elephants inhabit various habitats, especially jungles, grasslands and river valleys. Live in groups, and males occasionally live alone. Feeding on plants, the food intake is huge, with a daily food intake of 30 to 60 kilograms. Life expectancy is about 70 years.