African elephants are the largest living land animals in the world. They are currently listed as threatened by extinction. While they do have predators like lions, hyenas, wild dogs, and crocodiles, the greatest threats to African elephant populations are anthropogenic. African elephants spend most of their waking hours eating - some may eat upwards of 300 pounds (136kg) in a single day! In fact, African elephants have to eat so much food that they end up only sleeping about four hours each day. What a wonderful life. African elephant clans are made up of mostly females and immature males. Mature males live alone or in loose bachelor groups. The largest female of the group is typically the matriarch and her offspring are the first in line for taking over responsibility for the clan when she passes. African elephants are know to mourn the passing of their group members and are believed to have an excellent memory. Scientific Name: Genus - Loxodonta - African savannah elephant (Loxodonta africana) - African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) Range: fragmented populations across Africa mostly confined to protected sanctuaries Size: 4,400 and 13,450 pounds (2,000-6,100kg) in weight; 7 to 13 feet (2.2-4m) at shoulder height Diet: fruits, grasses, bark, and twigs Lifespan: up to 70 years Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/animalfactfiles You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible, but we're only human; if you catch a mistake please let us know and provide a link for verification! --- All images, videos and sound effects used herein are 1) public domain, 2) used under a Creative Commons license, 3) used with the express permission of the copyright holder, or 4) used under the parameters of Fair Use law. Credits via Flickr: sgustin78 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/sgustin/4112905148; https://www.flickr.com/photos/sgustin/4112963416 Joe Turco - https://www.flickr.com/photos/turcophotos/8297059796 Michael Sprague - https://www.flickr.com/photos/msprague/9454073124 Cyndy Sims Parr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyanocorax/21556042264; https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyanocorax/21556073154 brando - https://www.flickr.com/photos/bpprice/45557244924; https://www.flickr.com/photos/bpprice/45583810084 Bernard DUPONT - https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/32495481014; https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/33301606592; https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/32733443723; https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/17123191857; https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/16548734485; https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/32196056882 Credits via Wiki Users: Bamse - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:African_Elephant_distribution_map_without_borders.svg Cephas - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Loxodonta_cyclotis_map.svg Other attributions: Stand Up for Nature - https://www.videvo.net/video/elephant-grazing-in-african-scrubland/463059; https://www.videvo.net/video/herd-of-elephants-in-kenyan-reserve/463049; https://www.videvo.net/video/elephant-tail-swinging/463050 sraosha - https://freesound.org/people/sraosha/sounds/371476 In the Shadows of the Congo Basin Forest, Elephants Fall to the Illegal Ivory Trade Gross L PLoS Biology Vol. 5, No. 4, e115 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050115 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Loxodontacyclotis.jpg Websites used for research collection: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Loxodonta_africana https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Loxodonta_cyclotis https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/loxodonta https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/loxodonta-africana https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/african-elephant https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/a/african-elephant https://wwf.panda.org/knowledge_hub/endangered_species/elephants/african_elephants https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/do-animals-experience-grief-180970124 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_forest_elephant This video is licensed under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)*. *you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/ **changes were made to the original Transcript: alugha Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/AnimalFactFiles
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