- Grasses
- Leaves
- Bamboo
- Small plants
- Bushes
- Fruit
- Twigs
- Tree
bark
- Roots
- Tree
bark is a favorite food source for elephants, as it
contains calcium and roughage, which aids digestion
- Elephants eat between 149 and 169 kg (330-375 lb.) of vegetation daily
- Sixteen
to eighteen hours, or nearly 80% of an elephant's day is
spent feeding.
- Elephants
require about 68.4 to 98.8 L (18 to 26 gal.) of water
daily, but may consume up to 152 L (40 gal.)
(Click here to watch an
elephant eat)