Shoulder height3.3 m
11.8Rugby ball lengths
1.8 tenthsBowling lanes
Adult male
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African Elephant
The largest living land animal/Large Land Animals
The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) is the largest land animal alive today, and it knows it. Their trunks contain over 40,000 muscles and can pick up a single blade of grass or rip a tree out of the ground. They mourn their dead, recognize themselves in mirrors, and can hear each other's infrasound rumbles from kilometers away.
Measurements
Body mass6,000 kg
17.6Empty hot tubs
12 millionHummingbird eggs
Adult male; females ~3000 kg
Trunk length1.8 m
1.24Broomstick lengths
1.22Necktie lengths
Contains over 40,000 muscles
Ear area (single)1.5 m²
326Credit cards
23.1Toilet seats
30Tortillas
Used for thermoregulation, acts as a radiator
Daily water intake1.9 tenths m³
380Human bladders
633Pool noodle hollows
3.23Beer kegs
~190 liters per day
Tusk length1.8 m
1.69Hurdle heights
2.1 hundredthsOlympic straights
1.2 tenthsYacht lengths
Record tusks over 3 m; average adult male
Daily food intake150 kg
6 thousandthsLoaded garbage trucks
2.2 tenthsDairy cows
4.2 thousandthsLoaded semi trucks
Herbivore; eats grasses, bark, roots, and fruit
Top speed11.1 m/s
22.2Shopping carts
9.9 tenthsCity buses
1.66School zone speeds
~40 km/h; technically a fast walk since they never have all feet off the ground