Amazing Elephant Facts: An Elephant Never Forgets

There are thought to be about 415,000 elephants left in the wild globally. With the highest numbers in nations like Tanzania, South Africa, and India, they are mostly found in Africa and Asia. The reason elephants never forget is as follows, along with some other fascinating elephant information:

The world's biggest terrestrial mammal is the elephant.
They have highly evolved brains that resemble the complexity and structure of human brains.

Elephants form close-knit family units that are headed by a matriarch.
They exchange messages with one another via vocalizations, visual cues, and chemical markers (smells).
Elephants may consume up to 300 pounds of grass in a single day since they are herbivores.