Eating
size of an elephant is meant when it is fully developed, apart from humans, it's safe from all predators. And to feed his great body, it must need a lot of food. Each elephant eats about 150 mature kg (300 lb) of grass, twigs, leaves, fruits, ... every day. Such foods should be chewed thoroughly. Elephants have the rear teeth grinding in the mouth, this is the position that the most powerful teeth, but it also wears out. Meanwhile new tooth will grow at the bottom and push old teeth out. Therefore, elephant teeth throughout life, a total of six sets of teeth grinding, but when the last teeth worn then the elephant lived to 55 years. It becomes weakened by lack of food and will starve rather than on illness.
Elephants use water to curl food and put into his mouth. Their main food is grass and other vegetation on the ground. Elephant hose to pull the leaves, stems and twigs from above. When food is scarce, elephant tusks used to knocked down trees. When thirsty, elephant focused waterfront or puddles, even to dig deep into the hose used to suck water. Elephants drinking water by suction hose and sprayed into the mouth. Every day elephants consume 160-300 liters of water. Elephants also jetted on the back to cool the skin.
Every day adult elephant waste discharged into a heavier weight of a boy. Elephant dung containing the seeds that will sprout whale had swallowed the new trees replace those that have eaten plants or knocked down. Currently, in some countries, elephant, research and testing went into the elephant dung into paper processing (for dung fairly clean, no smell because they eat only vegetables and drink water).
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