Elephants are one of the largest animals in the world, a really curious fact, considering that it is a herbivorous animal, that is, it feeds only on plants.
What can give you an idea of how this is possible is how much food you eat a day, about 200 kg of food a day, if you need to eat so much food, the next question is obvious: how much does an elephant weigh?? Don’t worry, in this Animal Expert article we give you all the answers.
The first thing to do is to differentiate the two types of elephants that exist: African and Asian.
We are talking about this duality, because one of the differences between them lies precisely in their size, although in each case they are the two largest animals of their continents, you may already know that Asia is smaller than African, the African elephant can reach 3.5 meters in height and 7 meters in length, while the Asian one reaches 2 meters in height and 6 meters in length.
An elephant can weigh between 4,000 and 7,000 kg. Asians a little less, about 5, 000 kg.And a funny fact is that your brain weighs between 4 and 5 kg.
How much does the world’s largest elephant weigh?
The largest elephant ever lived in 1955 and was a native of Angola and reached 12 tons.
How much does an elephant weigh when it’s born?
The first thing to know is that the gestation period of an elephant lasts more than 600 days, yes, you read well, almost two years.In fact, the “baby” elephant, at birth, weighs about 100 kg and measures one meter.That’s why the gestation process is so slow.
Unfortunately, it is these prey that lead many poachers to kill several elephants.In October 2015, 22 cyanide-poisoned elephants died in Zimbabwe.
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