The African elephant – the biggest animal of this look and the biggest overland animal on the earth. Its weight can reach 8 tons. Females weigh from 3 to 4 tons, and the weight of an elephant calf at the birth is 80-140 kg.
The elephant is the biggest overland animal on the planet. Its weight depends on its look and origin and can reach 8 tons and more. The furious elephant is very dangerous, in anger he sweeps away everything on the way. Cases when under powerful legs of elephants people perished are frequent.
Types and weight of elephants If to compare nowadays existing overland animals on their force and situation, then first place in this chain will be won by an elephant – the most important and strong animal of Africa. The following places will be taken by a rhinoceros, a hippopotamus and herd of buffalo s, and only after them to this scale of ranks there will ascend a King of beasts – a lion. Other animals on force, dexterity and endurance cannot be compared to these masters African a shroud any more, they easily fall prey of lions who do not refuse an opportunity to hunt also on larger and strong animals. It is known of three species of elephants – Forest, Indian and Savanna (African). All of them enter into one family of mammals – elephant. The first look is the least representative of this family. Its height varies within 2.4-2.5 meters, and weight seldom exceeds 2.7 tons. The Indian elephant is much more Forest though to the African fellow to him it is far. It ranks second in the rating of the largest land mammals of the planet. The adult male has height of 2.5-3.5 meters, and weight it can reach 5.5 tons. To the African, or Savanna elephant on force and power of equal is not present, its height can reach 4 meters and yours, and weight to reach a mark of 8 tons. Females weigh much less – 3-4 tons, the newborn elephant calf is born weighing 80-140 kg. On November 7, 1974 in Angola in the town of Mukusso the largest male of an elephant from ever registered was shot, it weighed 12.24 tons!
How many the elephant eats and drinks
The fourth part of weight of an animal is the share of his head. This massive design has the special device for meal – powerful chewing muscles, molars, a trunk and tusks. The adult individual weighs as much how many 4 rhinoceroses or 4 giraffes. In day the animal consumes up to 350 kg of a forage and drinks up to 230 l of water. In search of livelihood the African elephant passes up to 12 km in day, taking a break on a dream and rest. Elephants travel groups in which members of separate families are very attached to each other though happens, there are also skirmishes, as in any family. Fights in herd are very rare except cases when males fight for a female.