Elephants can have sun burns on their skins and this percentage of elephants protect themselves from the sun by covering their skins with sand.
Every day, about 100 ivory is killed by the illegal hunters for their teeth.
An elephant's hose has 40,000 muscles.
Among all animals, the African elephant has the strongest sense of smell. They lift their hoses to make them smell better. Their hoses can also serve as a snorkel for water.
Elephants can hear very low frequency sounds with their feet.
Thomas Edison electrocuted an elephant named Topsy to show Nikola Tesla that the alternating current was dangerous.
Lawrance Anthony, also known as the man who was whispering in the elephant, died when a flock of elephants came to his house and mourned for him.
Elephants are scared of bees.
Elephants are the only mammal species with jaws other than humans.
On average an elephant sleeps between 2-3 hours a day.
The daily food need of an adult elephant is 300 kilograms, and the need for water is 160 liters.
The weight of an elephant's teeth can exceed 200 kilograms.