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Why are elephants elephants?

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Because the word "elephant" has its origins in the Greek ἐλέφας, meaning either "ivory" or "elephant", but also a medieval musical instrument, resembling some kind of Trumpet: the oliphant.

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Because they have adapted to their surroundings, they need more water and they need more room to store it so they have a large body. Humans don't need to be huge because our environment is not extremely hot so that is why elephants are larger than humans.

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It is because breaking stress on feet of elephant is greater than that of human
Because the bones that are inside of them are very big and heavy as well as being covered by huge muscles needed to hold it up.

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Elephants eat a lot because they are large, and they are herbivores. Herbivores tend not to be efficient eaters and excrete a lot of their food undigested. So they have to eat more.

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βˆ™ 12y ago

Because it's grey.

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because they eat alot lol

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because it has big bones

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