🐘 Largest Land Animal: The African Elephant
3rd Grade 🏆 World Records
The African bush elephant is the biggest animal on land. Big males can weigh about 13,000 pounds.
Huge and gentle
African elephants eat plants — up to 300 pounds a day — and drink up to 50 gallons of water.
Amazing trunk
The trunk is a nose and an upper lip joined together. Elephants use it to breathe, smell, drink, grab food and even hug.
Quick quiz
What is the biggest land animal?
What do elephants eat?
An elephant’s trunk is a nose and…