Our Elephant Quiz
It's all about elephants!
To celebrate these majestic animals let's share some cool information on lions and see how much you know!
What is a group of elephants is called?
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True or False. An elephants trunk contains over 150 000 muscle units.
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How many kilograms of food can an elephant eat per day?
Elephants need to eat up to 150kg of food per day – that's around 375 tins of baked beans.
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True or False. Elephants take very good care of their skin.
They keep their skin clean and protect themselves from sunburn by taking regular dust and mud baths.
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What are the true purpose of an elephants tusks?
Elephant tusks are actually enlarged incisor teeth.
Tusks are used to help with feeding - prising bark off trees or digging up roots - or as a defense when fighting.
But sadly these tusks often cause elephants danger. They're made from ivory which is why elephants are under threat.
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True or False. Elephants sometime forget.
The elephant's temporal lobe (the area associated with memory) is larger and denser than that of humans - hence the saying 'elephants never forget'.
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Which member of the family leads the elephants?
The matriarch of the herd carries down the knowledge and shares essential information with the young including; the variety of dangers, where to find food and where to find water.
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Which is correct?
Based on sheer size alone, it's surprising to discover that the elephant's closest living relative is the rock hyrax, a small, furry herbivore native to Africa and the Middle East that looks similar to a rodent.
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