Elephants! 12 Things You Didn’t Know, Plus Photo Gallery

African elephant dust bath for elephant facts and photo gallery

Elephant fact 2: African elephants are the largest land mammal, reaching from 8.2 feet (2.5 meters) to 13 feet (4 meters) at the shoulder.

Asian elephants range from 6.6 feet (2 meters) to 9.8 feet (3 meters) at the shoulder. Elephant life spans range from 60 years for the Asian elephant up to 70 years for the African elephant.

Image: flickr.com/ledr/ / CC BY 2.0

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About Rhishja Cota-Larson

Rhishja is the founder of Saving Rhinos, which publishes news and information about the illegal trade in rhino horn and rhino conservation issues. She is the Editor of the blogs "Rhino Horn is Not Medicine" and "Project Pangolin", author of the book "Murder, Myths & Medicine", and host of "Behind the Schemes". Check out savingrhinos.org, rhinoconservation.org, and pangolins.org to learn more. When Rhishja is not blogging about the illegal wildlife trade, she enjoys rocking out to live music.

Comments

  1. Lucy says:

    This is an AWEsome post, thanks for sharing!

  2. Jeff says:

    This is my favorite photo of an elephant

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/24917549@N04/2670968997

    You should add it to your photo gallery! :)

  3. Keev-sta The Elephant Luva says:

    i F ING LOVE elephants, they’re A-MAZING!
    they’re so big, clever. they always look so slow and thoughtful and old. i think they’re actually very intelligent. i love them.

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