Elephant Facts

The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.

The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.

The first bomb dropped on Berlin in WWII killed an elephant in the Berlin Zoo - but it wasn't the only one. The zoo had nine elephants when the war began.

Just one gram of king cobra venom can be potent enough to kill an elephant or up to 20 humans.

The Blue Whale's tongue weighs more than an adult elephant!

During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants.

Elephants are terrified of Bees and actually have a special, distinct vocalization for “Run away the Bees are angry”

The elephant is one of the few mammals that can't jump!

Elephants, lions, and camels roamed Alaska 12,000 years ago.

On average, it takes 660 days from conception for an elephant to give birth.

An elephant's tooth can weigh as much as 12 pounds.

When the "Elephant Whisperer" Lawrence Anthony died, a whole herd of elephants arrived at his house to mourn him.

An elephant's trunk has no bones but contains around 40,000 muscles.

Elephants are among the most emotional creatures in the world - they have even been known to rescue other animals, such as trapped dogs.

Dogs and elephants are among the few animals that instinctively understand human pointing gestures without training, a skill that even our closest primate relatives struggle to master.

The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew – it’s actually an elephant

Some farmers in Kenya are using elephants' natural fear of bees and building "beehive fences" that keep wild elephants from trampling the crops. It keeps the farms safe, and prevents farmers from having to kill elephants to defend their livelihood!