Asian elephant

"How many vegetables do you eat at night? I can eat 150 pounds a day! That's 750 times your plate of vegetables."

Aziatische olifant

Elephas maximus
Scientific name
India en onder meer in Sumatra en Borneo
Habitat
dagelijks 120 tot 150 kilo aan takken, bladeren, gras, vruchten en wortels
Food
60 tot 70 jaar
Lifetime
ongeveer 4.500 kilo
Weight
1 jong
Number of youngsters
22 maanden
Wear time
bedreigd
IUCN Status
ja
EEP?

Wist je dat?

150
kilograms of vegetables I eat a day!
22
months I am approximately pregnant
17
inches my tusks grow a year

Plates full of greens

How many vegetables do you eat at night? I can eat 150 pounds a day! That's 750 times your plate of vegetables, I think. Whole trees break down when I eat from the branches. But that's a good thing. In the clearings that are created, grasses grow for other grazers.

Special teeth

My molars to grind this food are unique. Because when these wear down, they crumble and new molars slide forward from behind. In total, I can change my molars 5 times. So much more often than you! One pair of front teeth has grown very far. These are my tusks. They grow about 17 centimeters a year. In Asian elephants, only males have such large tusks, females do not.

Elephant family

Male elephants do not always stay in the same group. Female elephants do; they are very close with each other and always stay in the same group.