The African elephant grows up to 4 m high and weighs 6,000 kg. Its skin alone weighs 10 hundredweight, the brain 5 to 6 kg, the heart 25 kg. Per day, it drinks about 350 liters of water and eats 500 kg of "green stuff".
It can live 70 years.
The gestation period for elephants is about 22 months. The young is about 90 cm high and weighs 90 kg. It can join the herd soon after birth (after two days).

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