Elephants eat up to 500 pounds of grasses, fruits, and plant life each day. An elephant can drink up to 40 gallons of water at one time. During the dry season, elephants will dig for water in a sandy river bed. A herd of elephants can cover a distance of 50 miles in a single day. Elephant herds are lead by a mature female.
Elephants live in loving family units.
They seem to have strong feelings for others in their family. Elephants even bury their dead with twigs and leaves. When born an elephant calf weighs about 250 pounds. The calf will drink milk from its mother for two years. As you can tell by their name, African elephants live in Africa .