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Elephants are herbivores (plant eaters), but they cannot digest cellulose, the substance that makes up much plant matter. They spend about three-quarters of their time, day and night, selecting, picking, preparing and eating food. An adult elephant in the wild will eat in the region of 100 to 200 Kg (220 to 440 lb.) of vegetation per day depending on the habitat and the size of the elephant.
The number of plant species eaten by any one elephant may vary but it is likely to be more than fifty. About 30-60 per cent of elephant diet is grass, if it is available. Like humans and apes, an elephant's choice of food-plants will be determined partly by what grows locally, partly by what was learned from its mother, and partly by what it has discovered by trying novel food items. Elephants also select their meals taking into account the time it takes to prepare each mouthful. Eating long grass is probably the easiest and quickest way for an elephant to fill up! On the other hand, one of the most time-consuming food-items for elephants to prepare is bark. With larger trees, the elephant drives a tusk between the bark and the sapwood and then yanks a strip off the tree with its trunk. The soft wood of some trees such as the baobab is also eaten. Such tusking sometimes destroys the whole tree.
So could the big elephant eat the entire little elephant it it had to?
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∙ 14y agoIt drinks a few gallons of its mothers milk.
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∙ 11y agothey drink there mothers milk intill there old enough to chew other food.
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∙ 12y agoBaby elephants eat about 16 times a day, at 200-300 pounds of food per day.
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∙ 12y agoElephants eat depending on what they weigh. They eat 6% of their body weight everyday.
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∙ 6y agoBeing a mammal, a baby elephant will be suckled by the mother until it has grown enough to be weaned. From then it will eat plants as a herbivore.
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∙ 15y agoAn elephant needs to be fed twice a day
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∙ 13y agoan elephant eats 18,000 kg every day
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∙ 14y agoabout 500 pounds of food in one day
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Do elephants eat fish?
Yes they do, even if they are not hungry because when they suck up water, little tiny fish get trapped in the bit of water they suck up. And then they eat/drink the fish.
What is elephants food?
Elephants eat fruit, grass, bark, roots, stems, vines, and shrubs.
Can an elephant eat a human alive?
Elephants do not eat humans or any meat. They eat plants.
What do Indian elephants eat?
they eat grass and plants
What do elephants eat in the wild?
Elephants can eat a whopping 660 pounds worth of veggies each day. They eat mostly grass, tree leaves, bamboo, wild fruits, bananas, and pretty much anything a vegetable.
Do giraffes eat elephants?
Elephants do not eat giraffes because elephants do not eat meat. Elephants are herbivores.
How much do Asian elephants eat?
300 pounds each day
Why do elephants defecate so much?
Because they eat a lot, in simplicity.
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.
Does elephants eat meal worms?
No- elephants eat fruit, such as apples and bananas.
What elephants eat?
Elephants eat the leafs of trees and fruit some herbs
Do elephants eat gorillas?
No. Elephants are not carnivores, but herbivores..
Do elephants eat fish?
Yes they do, even if they are not hungry because when they suck up water, little tiny fish get trapped in the bit of water they suck up. And then they eat/drink the fish.
What type of leafs do elephants eat?
Elephants eat Coconut and Palm leaves. They also eat a lot of bamboo.
