5 Incredible Facts About Elephants.<br />In honor of World Elephant Day, here are five incredible<br />facts you might not have known about elephants. .<br />1. The tusks of an elephant continue to grow<br />throughout the elephant’s entire life, with adult<br />male’s tusks growing about seven inches a year.<br />2. The average lifespan of an elephant is<br />50 to 70 years, with the oldest elephant<br />in the world reaching the old age of 86.<br />3. An elephant’s trunk is its most important limb,<br />as it is strong enough to rip branches from a tree,<br />yet sensitive enough to pick up a blade of grass.<br />.<br />4. Female elephants have a structured social order<br />and spend their entire lives with their mothers,<br />grandmothers, aunts, sisters and daughters.<br />.<br />5. Elephants are uniquely intelligent and<br />able to display a range of emotions such<br />as grief, compassion and self-awareness.<br />.
