providing engaging lesson plans on the elephant’s diet, habitat, unique physical characteristics, endearing behaviors and challenges they face for survival. Included in the downloadable plan are ...

“Jumbo’s diet wasn’t particularly good for him. He was getting a lot of grasses, hay and oats.” During the dry season elephants in the wild can eat 300 kilograms of twigs, leaves and bark a da ...

“For instance, if an elephant weighs 1,000 kg (one ton), it eats 60 to 100 kg of food per day. Their diet includes leaves, shoots, and especially palm hearts, which is why elephants often raid oil ...