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Grasses, fruits, trees, bushes, shrubs, and plants.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 13y agoElephants 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.
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∙ 9y agoThe vegetation or plant life of an elephants habitat, depends on where the elephant lives. Some of the habitats have bamboo plants, some of them have fruit trees, and others just have grass.
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∙ 13y agoFood & water
They also need shade and dirt to survive ;] you should have much more room if u want to keep it.
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What kind of animals does IFAW deal with?
All kind of animals even bears and elephants.
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.
Is an elephant a mammal or a reptile?
I am quite certain that Asian elephants are mammals just like the African forest elephants and African bush elephants. It just makes more sense that all of the types of elephants would be mammals like one another. And from pictures that have been seen asian elephants were born without being in an egg.
Are elephants in dangered?
they are in dangered because people hunt them for their ivry tusks
What kind of animal eats animals and plants?
Omnivores eat both meat and plants.
What kind of animals and plants are in the tropical rain forest?
elephants, lions and all those kind of animals
What kind of diet does an elephant have?
elephants are herbivores, so the eat plants like grass and leaves
What kind of plants do Sri Lanka elephants prefer to eat?
They eat anything. But kithul is their favorite.
What kind of grass and plants do elephant eat?
Elephants in the wild eat grasses, roots, tree bark, leaves, twigs, small plants, bushes, shrubs, and fruit.
What kind of tricks do mother elephants teach there baby elephant?
what kind of tricks do mother elephants teach there baby elephants
What kind of elephant lives in Africa?
the forest elephants and the savanna elephants
What kind of land do elephants live in?
Elephants live in grassland
What plants are on Mount Erebus?
There are no plants on Mount Erebus: it's too cold to support plant life of any kind.
What kind of elephants are in Dublin Zoo?
Dublin Zoo has Asian Elephants, but does not have any African Elephants.
What kind of animals do they have in Africa?
elephants
What kind of species of elephants can be found in a zoo?
whenever i go to any zoo,i see both african elephants and asian elephants!
What kind of animal elephants?
An elephant is a pachyderm
