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Yes, an elephant will eat hay if that's what it's fed. Hay is dried grass, and grass forms a large part of the natural diet. Hay is a convenient food and is fed to captive elephants all the time.
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∙ 15y agoLike other grazing animals, elephants eat hay which is dried grass. Straw, the dried stalks of crops such as wheat or barley, is just used as bedding.
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Do elephants eat hay?
Yes.
Do African elephants eat hay?
Yes.
What are three things Elephants eat?
Grass, leaves, straw/hay.
How do elephants crack open peanuts?
Elephants don't crack open peanuts, first off. Elephants eat hay, grass, and leaves, not peanuts. People in the circus used to train elephants to hid the peanuts in their trunks, but they don't eat the peanuts.
How much food do Asian elephants eat?
Between 125 and 175 pounds of food a day. The bulk of their diet is hay.
Do giraffes eat elephants?
Elephants do not eat giraffes because elephants do not eat meat. Elephants are herbivores.
What do Sumatran elephants eat?
Elephants are herbivores, so they eat a lot of fruit, bark, shrubs, grass, and leaves. In captivity, elephants also enjoy peanuts (this tale is true), hay, watermelon, and pumpkins. Adult elephants eat about 220-440 pounds of food per day in the wild, based upon what their size and age is. Elephants also drink from 20-40 gallons of water per day.
Do elephants eat plants?
Yes elephants do eat plants
What do africian elephants eat?
Elephants are herbivorous; they eat vegetation.
What do elephants eat in a tropical rain forest?
Elephants eat moss grass warter and mud only wild elephants eat that
Do elephants eat instects?
No. Elephants are herbivores and only eat plant matter.
What elephants eat?
Elephants eat the leafs of trees and fruit some herbs
