A young bull begins its charge Elephants are highly intelligent and social animals, living in groups ranging from small bachelor herds to larger breeding herds numbering from 20 to 200 plus. The bachelor herds usually comprise an old bull, well past his prime, accompanied by a few young males who have been kicked out of the breeding herds. Elephants are totally water dependent, with an adult requiring about 160 litres of water a day. Even the desert elephants are never far from water, usually obtaining their quota by digging in the sand of dry river beds. Elephants are bulk feeders, with an inefficient digestive system, fully capable of feeding on browse as well as grass.
Food is collected with the muscular trunk and then pushed into the mouth.
Similarly, water is sucked up into the trunk before being squirted into the mouth. Hunting and Tracking Several features of elephants pose special problems to the hunter. The first is obviously its size. Their intelligence also makes them formidable adversaries when wounded, for, although they seem to lack the intrinsic cunning of lion, leopard and buffalo, they are capable of planning an ambush with all too human-like care. Tracking elephant is not difficult, per se .