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The elephant's ears are for more than just listening.

African Bush elephants have large ears measuring up to 6.5 feet long. Flapping their ears serves two purposes: it cools both their body surface and the blood circulating in their ears, helping them to decrease body heat.

Ironically, elephants, in spite of their ears, actually have very poor hearing.", "They talk too much.

Elephants communicate a lot more than we know. African elephants are capable of making a wide variety of vocal sounds, such as grunts, bellows, whistles and the obvious trumpeting sound.

Often, the sounds they make are below the human range. These sounds keep individual elephants, as well as different herds, in close contact with each other, even over long distances.", "Ivory hunters.

There was once several million African elephants, but now the numbers are closer to 700,000.

Sadly, the numbers of these great mammals is dwindling. Although illegal, poaching (illegal hunting) continues to be a problem in Africa.", "Seeing double.

According to 'Ripley's Believe It Or Not!' an adult two-trunked elephant was shot in Zimbabwe in 2004.", "Some elephants are great impersonators.

Mlaika, an elephant in Tsavo National Park in Kenya, imitates traffic sounds she hears from a nearby highway, said to be indistinguishable from actual traffic.", "He's really let himself go.

African Bush elephants are the largest land animals in the world.

They can weigh about 22,000 lbs and grow to 20 to 24 ft.

Although huge, they are surprisingly fast animals; when frightened they can run about 24 miles an hour.", "Picky eaters.

An African elephant can spend up to 16 hours per day eating and drinking. But it does not digest everything that it eats. Actually, they will only digest 40% of their food intake.

They have specific dietary needs. The typical elephant requires 5% of their body weight per day in digested vegetation. Elephants also require at least 30 to 50 gallons of water every day.

Elephants are strict vegetarians and only eat grass, twigs, leaves, and other similar foods. ", "Last known survivors.

The African Elephant is one of two species that have survived since the prehistoric period.

In addition to being a very old species, the African Elephant is the largest living land mammal.

African Elephants differ from Asiatic Elephants in that both male and female African Elephants have trunks, while only male Asiatic Elephants have them.", ];