Their gait is an ambling walk of about 4-5 miles per hour. Taking larger strides, their speed increases to 6-8 miles per hour. When charging or fleeing, elephants may hit 25 miles per hour, much faster than people can run. If you've seen elephants perform in circuses, you know they can sit up and stand on their hind legs. They spend four to five hours sleeping, usually standing but sometimes lying on one side.
Elephants visit water daily to drink and bathe.
For an elephant, a luxury bath is water deep enough to submerge in, but they're happy to roll and wallow in shallow water or mud. An elephant's trunk can turn even a small water hole into a shower. After spraying itself with water, the trunk is then used to coat the body with dust or mud. Rubbing against rocks or trees completes the process. E lephants join chimpanzees, sea otters, and just a few other animals in an exclusive club of tool users.