During World War II, the very first bomb dropped on Berlin by the Allies killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
100 Mind-Blowing Elephant Facts
Blue whale tongues can weigh as much as an elephant.
Blue whale tongues can weigh as much as an elephant. Their hearts, meanwhile, can weigh almost a ton and need to beat just once every ten seconds.
Blue whale tongues can weigh as much as an elephant. Their hearts can also weigh almost a tonne and only need to beat once every ten seconds.
The story of Beauty and the Beast was aimed to make women open to arranged marriages. The original 1740 tale stated that the beast was an elephant-fish hybrid. The story mainly revolves around the idea of accepting arranged marriages for the sake of an alliance that was greater than them as a person.
The tooth of an elephant weighs around 9 pounds. Their teeth are made from ivory which is a white material for the tusks and teeth of animals. This is covered with an outer layer of enamel that closely resembles the coating on human teeth.
Elephants are pregnant for 2 years. Elephant pregnancy is the longest out of any mammal. Their calves take 2 years in the womb to develop fully. This lengthy process is why an elephant will only have 4-5 offspring in its lifetime.
A blue whale tongue weighs as much as an elephant. A blue whale’s tongue weighs 2.7 tonnes, which is almost the same weight as an adult male elephant.
There’s a brewery in Japan that makes beer from elephant poop. The brewery, Sankt Gallen, produces a beer called Un Kono Kuro, made with coffee beans that have passed through an elephant.
The sperm of a mouse is longer than elephant sperm. However, the fruit fly produces the longest sperm known to science at 6cm. How’s that for useless facts?
The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.
Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump. With elephants, they can’t jump as unlike other mammals the bones in the elephant’s legs point downwards which means that they do not have the ‘spring’ required to push off the ground.
A blue whale’s tongue can weigh as much as a young elephant. The tongues of some whales are large enough that even an adult elephant could fit on it!
The blue whale’s tongue can weigh as much as a young elephant. Another weird fun fact about these mammals is that an adult elephant can even fit on the tongue of a blue whale.
Elephas maximus is the Latin name for the Asian Elephant. They are smaller than African Elephants.
An elephant trunk has close to 40,000 muscles.
Elephant tusks do not grow back.
Besides the dugong, the manatee’s closest living relative is the elephant.
Smaller animals tend to perceive time as if it is passing in slow motion. Insects and small birds, for example, can see more information in one second than a larger animal such as an elephant.
Elephants can swim up to six hours at a time. When you look at an elephant, the last thing you would think is that it’s particularly good at swimming, but it turns out that they’re incredibly capable! One of their greatest advantages is their trunk, which they use just like a snorkel to stay underwater for longer periods. Elephants also have great stamina, which allows them to swim for lengthy periods. When they’re tired, they can just float along thanks to their high buoyancy!
The blue whale’s tongue can weigh as much as one elephant.
For comparison, an elephant’s heart weighs around 30 pounds. And a human heart? A mere 10 ounces.