ELEPHANTS BY NUMBERS
12-18 HOURS
The amount of time per day elephants spend eating grass, leaves, bark and fruit
12 lb
The enormous weight of an African elephant’s brain — the biggest of any land animal. Male elephants can weigh 857st
24 MONTHS
A female elephant will carry her young for nearly two years before giving birth
60
The age Asian elephants, pictured, can reach in the wild. African elephants can live to 70