Thursday Thirteen XX: Elephant Facts
Posted on January 17, 2008 by Mishi | 33 Comments
T H U R S D A Y T H I R T E E N
“13 Facts About Elephants”
- Elephants stomp when they walk.
- Elephants sleep standing up. Sometimes baby elephants lie down to sleep.
- Elephants bathe. Sometimes the spray dirt on themselves to get the parasites off. Sometimes they bathe in mud.
- Elephants live in herds.
- They cool off by fanning their ears. This cools the blood in their ears. That blood goes to the rest of their body and cools off the elephant.
- They poop 80 pounds in one day.
- Elephants weigh 10,000 pounds.
- They collect food with their trunks. They eat grass and bark.
- Only grown up ladies and their babies live in the herds. The daddy elephants leave the herd when they are 12 years old.
- They fight with their tusks.
- During the wet season they eat things low to the ground and during the dry season they use their trunk to gather food from trees and bushes.
- They suck up water into their trunks and shoot it into their mouths.
- Elephants need lots of room to roam and and they can run 24mph for short distances. They can’t be happy in a zoo, can they?
Facts taken from HERE.
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When most of us shoo water out of our nose, it isn’t a good thing.
Happy TT
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Interesting … I may do this sometime about MY favorite animal, the giraffe … but I’ll pass your list on to my friend who loves elephants perhaps as much as you do.
My T-13 is up at Small Reflections
http://smallreflections.blogspot.com/2008/01/thursday-thirteen-8-books-for-kids-of.html
Hugs and blessings,
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They make great Thursday Thirteen too!
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elephants are such neat animals!! and…really adorable! there was a time when one of my kids was obsessed with elephants, although for the life of me, i can’t remember which kid…but, he/she would have loved that list of facts about them!!
love the list!
xoxo
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Great list! I love elephants too. I am up with my TT.
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When my older children were little they were so into elephants – African elephants, Asian elephants. Your TT brought memories of those fun times to mind. Here is the link to my TT: http://joyce.taron.net/thursday-thirteen-%e2%80%93-exercise-routine/
I look forward to reading all your interesting posts!
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I did not know they shit that much. wow.
Eww. I’m glad I didn’t pursue zoology to work in a habitat somewhere as I planned to! :)
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Ain’t that some shit, Maria! ? !
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80 lbs. a day!!!
yikes.
Great tt. I learned a lot about elephants.
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Those are all great interesting facts. I will have to let my son read it, he will love it.
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Great TT – I like to learn new things. Elephants are definitely not happy in captivity. About 15 years ago, I was taking a walk along the local seafront. As I passed the recreation ground, the other side of the highway, I saw a traveling circus had set up there. They had a baby elephant chained up, and the poor thing just stood there, on a chain that was only about 2-3 meters long, stomping the ground and shaking its head. It just did this over and over. It made me feel really bad for the poor thing. On that miserable note – happy TT!
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Elephants are so cool, I love watching them.
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24 mph? Really?
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Don’t get in the way of that 80 pounds of poop!
Fun TT!
Happy TT-13!
Smiles,
Holly
http://theabundanceplace.com
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Happy TT and thanks for stopping by.
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Funny T13, will have to send my elephant loving friend this way.
Mine is up….
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I love elephants! Penelope Anne sent me here, she knows I’m an elephant lover!
Great facts. I had no idea how much an elephant poops daily!
Happy tt!
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Very interesting facts! Thanks for doing the research for us!
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This is a nice list about these wonderful creatures.
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Those are some neat Elephant facts!
Happy TT!
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Great TT. But I don’t think I would it if 10,000 lbs was chasing me down at 24mph with all that poop available.
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And, they are the political party of choice, right?
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I’m doing some research on animals lately, so that’s really cool! What incredibly creatures they are aren’t they? I want to learn more about conservation because there’s a lot that can be done there. Good list!
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Great elephant facts. I learned several new things about them. Happy TT!
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I’ll have to tell my nephew about the 80 lbs of poop. He’s in second grade, and his delight in bodily functions is inexhaustible. At least this is educational! (Thanks for visiting my TT)
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Thank you for that very interesting list. They are such lovely animals.
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Your randomness is special, M. No wonder I adore ya ;)
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#13 is very telling. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve gotten progressively more uncomfortable in zoos. On one hand, it’s important for people to be able to identify with wild animals so they will want to protect them, but on the other hand, by what right do we lock them up? The very fact that they can be psychologically damaged by being in captivity means that we are causing severe trauma.
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I hate to admit that I know this, but here are 2 more little known facts about elephants:
1. They are pregnant for 21 months
2. They can’t jump
See, more useless knowledge!
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I love that you added those, Tina!!
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Ah, they are cute too!
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I was just thinking how cool it would be to be an elephant until I got to Tina’s comment.
21 months gestation?
NO THANKS!!
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I am obsessed with elephants. Thanks for sharing. What a great idea for a TT.
Here a little late this week, but here the same.
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