How Much Do You Know About Elephants?

We figured it was time for some good ole trivia, elephant style. These creatures are impressive to say the least.

Elephants digest only about 40% of what they eat.
Elephants need to drink 30-50 gallons of water daily.
Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth.
An African elephants trunk contains 100,000 different muscles.
An adult elephant can consume up to 300 pounds of food in one day
The average life span of an elephant in the wild is 70 years.
At the turn of the 20th century there were a few million African elephants. Today there are an estimated 450,000-700,000.

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