Did you know about World Elephant Day? World Elephant Day was established in 2012 to call attention to African and Asian elephants in distress and is celebrated each year on 12 August. August 12, 2022, is the 11th World Elephant Day.

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Elephants are massacred for their ivory. An estimated 100 elephants are hunted every day in Asia and Africa for their most valuable parts, especially their tusks.

Although a ban on the international ivory trade has been enacted, it has backfired. The ban has exacerbated a rise in the price of ivory as people increasingly find ways to hunt elephants.

We have to love every elephant. Don't let them get hurt again.

How much do you know about elephants? Check out these facts about elephants.

1. Elephants are the largest living terrestrial herd mammals in the world. The largest African elephants are 4.3 to 4.5 meters high at the shoulder and weigh 5.5 to 8 tons.

The highest record is a male elephant, with a total length of 11 meters, a forefoot circumference of 2 meters, and a weight of 13,000 kilograms. The largest recorded ivory was 350 cm long and weighed about 107 kg.

2. Elephants are gregarious animals. The family is the unit, the female elephant is the head, and the adult male elephant only bears the heavy responsibility of defending the family. Occasionally a few herds of elephants come together to form groups of hundreds of elephants.

3. Elephant's nose is very flexible, almost like a human hand, it can pick up objects weighing up to 1 ton, and it can also pick up food as small as peanuts.

4. Elephants have a strong memory and can predict the weather. They are sensitive to hearing and can detect very low-frequency sound waves, so they can hear small thunder and heavy rain in the distance, and predict when the rain will arrive, thereby changing its course.

5. The number of cancer cells in elephants is 100 times that of humans, but the proportion of elephants dying from cancer is less than one-third of humans.

The researchers found that elephants have a specific type of leukemia inhibitory factor 6 that "cooperates" with one copy of the P53 gene to help suppress cancer, eliminate damaged cells and prevent cancer.

6. Elephants are mammals that cannot jump.

Elephant feet have as many bones as other mammals, but the gaps between the bones are smaller. Compared to other mammals, elephants have inflexible feet and lack the elastic structures needed to jump off the ground.

So while an elephant can walk faster than a human, it cannot run or jump.

7. The baby elephant needs to stay in the mother's belly for about 2 years and needs to drink breast milk for 2 years after birth. Baby elephant orphans cannot survive alone in the wild. Therefore, the female elephant must never be harmed.

8. Elephants have long eyelashes that protect their large eyes from dust, dirt, and harsh sunlight.

There is more knowledge about elephants waiting for you to learn.