• Question: Can elephants jump?

    Asked by sparklingbunny to Claire on 17 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Claire Lee

      Claire Lee answered on 17 Jun 2013:


      No, poor guys, they can’t. The structure of their legs prevents it – they can’t bend their legs enough to get a spring out, plus their huge weight would make it difficult. They don’t even like lifting more than one foot off the ground, let alone four!

      They can swim pretty well, though.

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