• Question: Do you have any cool facts about elephants we may not know?

    Asked by Imola to Ellen on 8 Mar 2017.
    • Photo: Ellen Williams

      Ellen Williams answered on 8 Mar 2017:

      I think so… did you know…

      elephants are either right or left tusked? In the same way we are right or left handed
      elephants only have 4 teeth. They get 6 sets of teeth in their lifetime. Once the sixth set of teeth wears out they don’t have anymore – at this point in the wild they would become unable to eat 🙁
      there is much debate about how many muscles elephants have in their trunks but it is believed to be over 40’000. Young elephants really struggle to control their trunk for the first few months! It is very sweet to watch!

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