Elephants are one of the largest mammals that live on land. Even though they are huge and intimidating at times, they are surprisingly calm and soft animals. They like to mind their own business and will not come after you unless they are threatened or scared. Female elephants have the longest period of gestation out of any other animal which is 22 months. At birth elephant calves weigh about 230 pounds on average. They typically live to about the age of 50-70 years. However, the oldest recorded elephant lived to 82 years of age. The largest elephant ever recorded weighed 24,000 pounds and had a shoulder height of 13 feet. The smallest elephant calves are typically about the size of a large pig. Adult elephants do not have any natural predators; however lions occasionally pounce on calves. This massive animal tends to only eat plants and spends up to 16 hours a day eating. On average they consume 300-600 pounds of food each day and only digest about 40% of it.
Wil Woodhouse
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