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What is the diet of an elephant?

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Elephants are pure vegetarians. Their diet includes huge quantities of grass and leaves from trees. They are also known to eat fruits and coconut. They are especially fond of Bananas. They are known to eat over 150 kgs of vegetation in a single day.

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Elephants are pure vegetarians. Their diet includes huge quantities of grass and leaves from trees. They are also known to eat fruits and coconut. They are especially fond of Bananas. They are known to eat over 150 kgs of vegetation in a single day.

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None by intent.

Elephants are herbivores, plant eaters.

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an Asian elephant can eat up to 300 pounds (136 kilograms) a day

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They eat plants, hay and grain and some fruits.

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Asian elephants are herbivores, which means they eat plants and fruits. So they don't really hunt.

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