Elephants are the largest land animal. They can grow to be over 10 feet tall and weigh over 7 tones. Elephants can eat over 400lbs of plants per. day and can drink over 18 gallons of water. Elephants are herbivores. This means that they only eat plants. Some of the plants favored by elephants are: berries, bananas, mangos, jungle shrubs, corn, coconuts, palm fruits, sugar cane, apples, and wild rice, wood, and bamboo. But captive elephants will eat almost anything. Things like, peanuts, bread, cakes, and almost any sort of pastries. Elephants love the taste of liquor and onlookers at parades, festivals etc. will occasionally offer a quart or two of hard liquor to an elephant. Often, the drunken elephant will "run amok" and end up getting shot in order to protect the crowd.
An elephant typically does not have as far reaching eyesight as humans do, but his or her sense of smell is unparalled. Also, an elephant is capable of hearing sound waves well below our the human hearing limitation (approx.30 Hertz). Typically, an elephant's numerous different rumbles will span between 14 and 35 Hertz. The far reaching use of high pressure infrasound opens the elephant's spatial experience far beyond our limited capabilities.
Male elephants are usually solitary as adults and only travel with the herds for mating. The elephant's loud trumpeting helps them locate each other across the vast savanna. Elephants low rumbling sounds travel for miles across the savanna. The elephant's skin is thick, but it still needs protection from the sun and parasites. Regular bathing and wallowing in mud provide a good coating to protect their skin.