Interesting Facts - Elephants

Yet another "Interesting Facts" post - this time it is about one of my favourite animal, Elephants. Read on:

• An elephant´s trunk, a union of the nose and upper lip, is a highly sensitive organ with over 100,000 muscle units.
• They may live seventy years or possibly more...
• An elephant's brain is about four times the size of a human's brain.
• Elephants can weigh about 10,000 pounds.
• Elephants can eat upto 350 pounds of food daily.
• Their main sources of food are grass and bark.
• They drink about 18 gallons of water a day.
• Elephants spend about ¾ of their time day and night, selecting, picking and eating food.
• Elephants have large ears but their hearing is not exceptionally good. An elephant will gently wave its large ears so that the blood in them will cool them down. The cool blood circulates around the body, helping to keep the elephant cool in very hot weather.
• They can run 24mph for short distances.
• Elephants can sleep standing up.
• They poop 80 pounds in one day. :)