5 , Incredible Facts , About Elephants.
In honor of World Elephant Day,
here are five incredible facts you might
not have known about elephants. .
1. , The tusks of an elephant continue to grow
throughout the elephant’s entire life, with adult
males' tusks growing about seven inches a year.
2. , The average lifespan of an elephant is 50 to 70 years, with
the oldest elephant in the world reaching the age of 86.
3. , An elephant’s trunk is its most important limb,
as it is strong enough to rip branches from a tree,
yet sensitive enough to pick up a blade of grass.
4. , Female elephants have a structured social order
and spend their entire lives with their mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters and daughters.
5. , Elephants are uniquely intelligent and able to display a range of emotions such as grief, compassion and self-awareness