All the paint on the Eiffel Tower weighs the same as ten elephants. It gets repainted every seven years without closing to the public.
100 Mind-Blowing Elephants Facts
Elephants think people are cute, the same way people think puppies or kittens are cute.
To protect themselves from poachers, African Elephants have been evolving without tusks, which unfortunately also hurts their species.
Elephants can die of a broken heart if their mate dies.
The man with the world’s deepest voice can make sounds humans can’t hear. The man, Tim Storms, can’t even hear the note, which is eight octaves below the lowest G on a piano—but elephants can.
Cows have “best friends” and will get stressed when separated. If a cow is taken away from her “best friend,” her stress levels will decrease her milk yields. Surprisingly, cows are not the only species that form attachments to certain companions. The “best friend” preference is also observed in certain bats, elephants, chimps, and dolphins.
The paint on the Eiffel Tower is equivalent to ten elephants. The tower is re-painted every 7 years. There are also over 30 replicas of this tower all around the world.
Only 3 mammals experience menopause. This includes elephants, humpback whales, and also human females. However, unlike animals, human females can live much longer after experiencing menopause.
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 head of human hair is strong enough to support 12 tons. If you’ve treated your hair with anything other than your natural hair colour, you’d know that it is stronger than you think. Science has proof to back it up. According to a study, a strand of hair can hold up to 30 ounces, and an entire head of hair can withstand up to 12 tons (or, the size of two elephants).
Elephants are the only mammal that can’t jump.
To protect themselves from poachers, African elephants have been evolving without tusks.
Elephants are the only mammals that can’t jump.
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.
Elephants have a specific alarm call that means “human.”
African elephants (Loxodonta africana) are the largest land mammal on Earth.
Elephas maximus is the Latin name for the Asian Elephant. They are smaller than African Elephants.
Asian Elephants also have smaller, less-pronounced ears than those of African Elephants.
Elephants have a gestation period (the time when the fetus is growing in the mom) of 22 months—the longest of any mammal.
Elephants eat for about 16 hours every day!
Elephants only eat plants, so they are herbivores. They eat grasses, bamboo, flowers, seeds, fruits, leaves and other plant matter.
Baby elephants can stand within 20 minutes of being born.
Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.
THE ANTARCTIC BLUE WHALE IS THE LARGEST ANIMAL ON THE PLANET. The Antarctic blue whale is the biggest of all blue whales. It is also the largest animal on the planet, weighing up to 180 tons (approximately 36 elephants) and reaching up to 30 metres in length. They can consume about 4 tonnes of krill a day!
FORESTS ARE HOME TO OVER 80% OF THE WORLD’S LAND-BASED SPECIES OF ANIMALS, PLANTS AND INSECTS. These animals help to keep the forest healthy. For example, elephants distribute seeds from fruits they have eaten. When the seeds pass through their gut, they come out undigested in their dung, and germinate in the ground.
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!
Elephants sing to each other, but their songs are at a frequency too low for humans to hear.
The average cloud weighs over one million pounds or about 100 elephants.
The Antarctic blue whale is the largest animal on the planet and can weigh about as much as 33 elephants.
Elephants can’t jump.
In 1862, the King of Siam offered Abraham Lincoln many elephants because a “Country as great as the United States should not be without elephants.” Lincoln politely declined.