Elephant

"the gentle giant remembers"

interesting facts

• · Elephants are the largest land animals; an African bull can weigh up to 6 tonnes (13,000 lb).
• · A trunk has roughly 40,000 muscles and can pick up a single blade of grass or uproot a tree.
• · They communicate over miles using low-frequency rumbles humans can barely hear, partly through the ground.
• · Elephants display empathy — they comfort distressed herd-mates and appear to mourn their dead.
• · They can't jump, but they're strong swimmers and use their trunk as a snorkel.
• · An elephant's memory is real: matriarchs recall watering holes and faces across decades.