Elephant Monday Video Gallery
weekly videos about wild elephant
Luxury African safari wildlife experiences-Elephant Monday Fact # 7
Elephants use a range of calls and sounds. As many as 70 different calls have already been identified, ranging from the loud trumpets of panic to the comforting rumbles of reassurance.
Luxury African safari wildlife experiences-Elephant Monday Fact # 6
Elephants have big ears. They are designed this way. Pumping blood to their ears & flapping them helps cool the elephant down.
Luxury African safari wildlife experiences-Elephant Monday Fact # 5
They say an elephant never forgets. This could be because they are extremely intelligent creatures and have brains that can weigh as much as 4-6 kg. or 9-13 lbs.
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Luxury African safari wildlife experiences-Elephant Monday Fact # 4
Elephants prefer one tusk over the other, just as people are either left or right handed.
Luxury African safari wildlife experiences-Elephant Monday Fact # 3
Elephants purr like cats do, as a means of communication.
Luxury African safari wildlife experiences-Elephant Monday Fact # 2
Elephants have the longest pregnancy of all the land animals. It takes a female 22 months from conception to birth.
Luxury African safari wildlife experiences-Elephant Monday Fact # 1
Elephants have a slow pulse rate of 27 beats per minute. For a canary it is 1000!