What is an elephant's defense mechanism?

Answer 1

Elephants are equipped to protect themselves from many dangers. Their skin is tough to prevent insects and bites, they use their trunks to thrash, throw or hit it's enemies and they are large enough to stomp an unwanted intrusion. They even use mud to protect itself from sunburn.

Answer 2

Elephants are so large that they don't have predators (except humans) unless they are very young or are old or injured. Their defense is to gather in a group to surround and protect the young and injured, and to use their tusks and feet to swat and trample attackers.

Answer 3

With its tusks. Also, they can generally use their trunks. But, in most situations they use their tusks. (They can also just knock them down if it were to be a human- like a stampede- they are very large animals)

Answer 4

it uses its trunk to protect itself and their big body to protect its young and its feet to run away.

Answer 5

Tusks and stomping on them. Oh, also ramming.

Answer 6

The elephant's main defense is staying in a group or herd. Most predators are deterred from attacking just by numbers. They will not usually even try unless the elephant strays from the herd.

Answer 7

They are the biggest animals with tusks and they stay in groups so most animals know not to bother them.

Answer 8

An elephant's defense includes tusks, weight and muscle, the trunk, and big feet. Elephants are also pretty fast when they get mad, so it's hard to escape them.

Answer 9

They use their tusks to defend themselves

Answer 10

big weight