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If they digest all the food they can eat, I think I know how to help! Elephants can eat up to 150-270 kilograms of grass & leaves per day!! And 20-800 liters of water per day!! That food finding can take up to 10 hours of searching, or roaming around for about 12 km!!
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 12y agoOne would have to find the metabolic rate of an average African elephant and calculate the amount its body absorbs based on that, then calculate the amount of biomass left over -poop.
A:An adult elephant eats 300-600 pounds of food a day (140-270 kg). It only digests 40% of that, so its daily waste is 180-360 lbs (85-180 kg).Wiki User
∙ 7y ago2 to 3 tons a year
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How much does an African elephant weigh in ounces?
An African elephant weighs 5 to 6 tons. One ton is 2,000 lbs, so they weight 10,000 to 12,000 lbs. Each pound is 16 ounces, so an African elephant weighs 160,000 to 192,000 oz.
What type of elephant species has the biggest ears?
The African Elephant has the largest ears (as compared to the Indian Elephant).
How much does an elephant weigh in ounces?
An African elephant weighs 5 to 6 tons. One ton is 2,000 lbs, so they weight 10,000 to 12,000 lbs. Each pound is 16 ounces, so an African elephant weighs 160,000 to 192,000 oz.
How much is there length or height of a African elephant?
The African elephant weighs up to 6300kg and is about 3.2 to 4 metres tall.
Which has larger earsthe Asian or African elephant?
The African has much larger ears.
How much does the African elephant ears weigh?
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How much does and African elephant bladder hold?
An elephant expels about 50 litres of urine a day
Which is bigger an African or a asain elephant?
There are three species of elephant, the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant and the Asian elephant . The biggest noticeable difference is that African elephants have much bigger ears than there Indian counterparts.
Which one is larger the African or the Asian?
the African elephant is much bigger. all most a ton bigger. but you can tell apart by ears. African elephant have bigger ears as well.
How much does a male African elephant drink a year?
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How much does an Asian elephant eat of a day?
A elephant can eat all dayif it wants to. An African elephant in the wild can eat about 770 pounds of food in a day. A elephant in the zoo can only eat about 150. An asiatic elephant can eat about 650 pounds in a day.
Which tipe of elephant has bigger and larger ears an African or Asian elephant?
The African Elephant is much larger than the Asian Elephant. Therefore they have larger ears and bigger bodies. The African elephant has larger ears because it is designed for a warmer climate. besides the ears being used for hearing they also play an important part in body temperature control and the movement of air from the body.
