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An elephant family is ruled by a martiarch ( older female), and generally consists of her female offspring and their young.
In Africa, a basic family unit consists of six to twelve animals, but families of twelve to twenty elephants are quit common.
An elephant family will split depending on the size of the family, the amount of food, and how well they are getting along.
When the matriarch dies, one of the oldest offspring takes her place.
A cow (female elephant) carries her calf for 22 months and the birthing takes about two hours.
Elephants have no natural predators.
Both sexes of African elephant may have large tusks, unlike their Asian cousin, where only males possess them.
Elephants are known to bury elephant and human remains.
A two to seven ton elephant requires about 160 to 330 pounds of food and 20 to 45 gallons of water per. day.
An elephant devotes eighteen to twenty hours of its daily cycle to eating or searching for food or water.
Just as humans are right or left handed elephants are right or left tusked.