ABOUT ELEPHANTS

• Elephants typically reach puberty at thirteen or fourteen years of age
• They have offspring up until they are around fifty years old
• They may live seventy years or possibly more
• A cow produces a single calf and in very rare cases twins
• The interval between births is between two and a half to four years
• An elephant´s trunk, a union of the nose and upper lip, is a highly sensitive organ with over 100,000 muscle units.