African Elephants live in Africa. They almost always stay near to a water source and a forest to spend the day in to avoid the hot sun. The African Elephant has always lived in Africa but because of deforestation and poaching, Elephants are forced to live in restricted areas of Africa. Elephants spend 18-20 hours a day eating. They eat 350-400 pounds of food a day.
Elephants eat a wide variety of bushes shrubs and trees.
The animals most favored foods are now eliminated because of the Elephants mass population. The Elephant instinctivly picks the food that will give the greatest nutrition when given a choice. The Elaphant is a Tershiary consumer. It is a herbavor, and it's only preditors are humans. Who else does animal compete with Elephants compete with humans for their habitat.