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Find out some fun facts about elephants with Steve and Aneeshwar. You can learn why they have long trunks, how they keep cool and how big they are!

Elephants are the world’s largest land mammal and can grow up to four metres.Ìý

The elephants trunk is their nose, it's extra long and has many purposes such as: drinking, reaching for food, breathing, and they even use it as snorkel when swimming.

An elephant's trunk can be as long as two metres which is taller than Steve!

There are three species of elephants, two are native to Africa and one is native to Asia. In the wild they live where it is very sunny and hot.

Elephants like to keep cool by going for a swim, they also use their trunks to spray themselves with water to cool down, a bit like how you'd water the garden with a hose pipe.

As elephants live in warm climates they can get very, very hot so their ears are like fans to cool themselves down. You can often see them flapping their ears, which is creating a light breeze that can speed up the cooling process.

Elephants live in big family groups, called herds.ÌýThere's one female who is the leader of the group, she is called a matriarch.

ElephantsÌýare herbivores which means they only eat plants. They eat grass, leaves, shrubs, fruits and roots depending on the season.

Elephants spend most of their day eating and can eat for up to 18 hours a day. That's a lot of food!

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