Friday, January 2, 2015

THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT

  • The African elephant is the largest land animal planet, and dwells in several African regions south of the Sahara.
  • In these animals live in herds of 12 to 20 elephants.
  • African elephants live between 60 and 70 years of age
  • Males are about three meters at shoulder height; while females are about 2.5 meters at shoulder height.The weight varies between 5000 and 6000 kg., And females is between 3000 and 3000 500 kg.
  • African elephants can consume up to 600 pounds of food each day, with this objective migrate a pattern throughout its natural habitat, consuming plants, trees, bark, pasta, fruits, shrubs, and all that is in the line of vegetation are not able to digest more than 40% of what they eat so do they have to keep eating all the time, they can spend up to 12 hours a day just eating.
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