Question: Can Elephants Run if they want to?

Kevin Mahon answered on 15 Jun 2012:

This was a thorny issue for a while as most evidence of what people thought was elephants running was just elephants walking fast!

Due to the size and nature of elephants, being able to effectively measure if they run is very difficult! The only effective way to tell if an animal is legitimately running is by mearuing the force it exerts on the ground – obviously an issue with elephants! So we have hints that they might, but nothing conclusive yet!