Elephant Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers About Elephants
What are the two traditionally, recognized species of
elephants?
A: African elephant and the Asian elephant .
How much weight can an elephant lift with its trunk?
A: 770 pounds.
How much does an elephants brain weigh?
A: About 10–12 pounds.
Historically, elephants have been considered powerful
weapons of what?
A: War.
How thick can an elephants skin be?
A: About 1 inch thick.
Elephants are incapable of doing what with their front
legs?
A: Rotating them.
For the first three months, an elephant calf relies
entirely on what for nutrition?
A: Milk from its mother.
Male African elephants are the biggest terrestrial
animals
on earth and can grow to how many feet tall?
A: 13 ft.
How many ribs do Asian elephants have?
A: 19 or 20 pairs.
How many times during an elephants life are its chewing
teeth replaced?
A: Six times.
How much food can an elephant consume per day?
A: As much as 330 pounds
What is the maximum weight for a male African elephant?
A: 15,000 pounds
Elephants incisors grow into what?
A: Tusks.
Elephants have good hearing at low frequencies and are most
sensitive at what frequency?
A: 1 kHz.
What do elephants control with their large ears?
A: Their body temperature.
What part of the African elephant is larger than the Asian
Elephant?
A: Ears.
How many bones do elephant skeletons have?
A: 326–351 bones.
Elephants prefer to stay near what?
A: Water.
Because of the impact that elephants have on their
environment they are considered what type of species?
A: Keystone.
How much does a typical newborn elephant calf weigh?
A: 260 pounds.
How much water can an adult Asian elephant hold in its
trunk?
A: 2.2 gallons.
An elephant's tusk are modified what?
A: Incisor teeth in the upper jaw.
Calves are the centre of attention in their in elephant
family groups, what are the center of attention?
A: Calves.
How long do elephant calves rely on their mothers?
A: For as long as three years.
What is the life span of an elephant?
A: 60 - 70 years.
How old can elephants can live to in the wild?
A: 70 years
What do elephants use to communicate over long distances?
A: infrasound, and seismic communication
The biggest threat to the survival of elephant populations
is the what?
A: Ivory trade poachers.
In Asia, elephants are often used as what?
A: Working animals.
How many pairs of ribs do African elephants have?
A: 21 pairs of ribs.
How many muscles doe an elephants trunk have?
A: It contains up to 150,000 .
An elephants sense of smell can be four times as sensitive
as that of a what?
A: Bloodhound.
When an elephant is underwater, it can use its trunk as a
what?
A: A snorkel.
How many teeth do elephants typically have?
A: 26.
How fast does an elephant's tusk grow?
A: About 7 inches per year.
What breathing disease can elephants suffer from and pass
on to humans?
A: Tuberculosis.
What do elephants use for a sunscreen to protect their skin
from UV radiation?
A: Mud.
Elephants can move forwards and backwards, but cannot do
what?
A: Trot, jump, or gallop.
What is the top speed that an elephant can reach while
running?
A: About 11 mph.
Elephants have been recorded swimming for up to how long
without touching bottom?
A: Six hours.
What is a typical heart rate for a standing elephant?
A: About 30 beats per minute.
How many hours a day do Elephants devote to sleep?
A: Average of 3–4 hours
How long does an elephant pregnancy last?
A: Two years.
Elephants are among the species that are known to use what?
A: Tools.
