2006-08-15 10:25:48 · 10 answers · asked by Petra 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Let's say it's a normal adult male elephant. Thanx people, you're great..
2006-08-15 10:33:08 · update #1
males—up to 15,000 pounds (6,800 kilograms); females—up to 8,000 pounds (3,600 kilograms)
Weight at birth: 117 to 330 pounds (53 to 150 kilograms); average 232 pounds (105 kilograms)
2006-08-15 10:34:21 · answer #1 · answered by The Dude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elephants are mammals, and the largest land animals alive today. The elephant's gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. At birth it is common for an elephant calf to weigh 120 kg (265 lb). An elephant may live as long as 70 years, sometimes longer. The largest elephant ever recorded was shot in Angola in 1956. It was male and weighed about 12,000 kg (26,400 lb)[1]. The smallest elephants, about the size of a calf or a large pig, were a prehistoric variant that lived on the island of Crete until 5000 BC, possibly 3000 BC. Their scattered skulls, featuring a single large trunk-hole at the front, perhaps formed the basis of belief in existence of cyclops, one-eyed giants featured in Homer's Odyssey.
Elephants are increasingly threatened by human intrusion, with the African elephant population plummeting from 3 million in 1970 to roughly 600,000 in 1989, to 272,000 in 2000 and then to between 400,000 and 660,000 in 2003 [2]. Human-elephant conflicts kill 150 elephants and up to 100 people per year in Asia.[3] The elephant is now a protected species worldwide, placing restrictions on capture, domestic use, and trade in products such as ivory.
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2006-08-15 11:43:06 · answer #2 · answered by jean 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the latest elephant pole says that elephants weigh as much as they weigh which is alot more than human or monkeys or cheetahs. Elephants do have feelings however and don't like their weights to be talked about as you could imagine so most reports of elephant weight can't be believed or verified. All that said, you could go and ask one yourself, but good luck getting a truthful response. Let me know what you find out as we work together for truth, justice, and the truthful weight of the common, yet pretentious elephant.
2006-08-15 13:28:51 · answer #3 · answered by Falcon Boy Toy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends, which elephant you are talking about.
Either way, they weigh a lot.
2006-08-15 10:30:52 · answer #4 · answered by The Great One 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A bunch more than it would if it was a normal baby elephant...OK?
2006-08-15 16:03:17 · answer #5 · answered by **$$ BUBBA $$** 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Umm...well, depends. Is it a baby or an adult? Male or female?
2006-08-15 10:31:13 · answer #6 · answered by Akarui 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I dont know she left before I had a chance to get the scale out
2006-08-15 10:46:46 · answer #7 · answered by J H 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a lot
2006-08-15 10:31:32 · answer #8 · answered by gibberish 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
depends on how heavy it is.
2006-08-15 10:30:42 · answer #9 · answered by Phoenix 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
WITH OR WITH-OUT CLOTHES ON???
2006-08-15 10:30:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋