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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Image: National Geographic