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Elephants are herbivores, spending 16 hours a day collecting plant food. Their diet is at least 50% grasses, supplemented with leaves, bamboo, twigs, bark, roots, and small amounts of fruits, seeds and flowers. Because elephants only digest 40% of what they eat, they have to make up for their digestive system's lack of efficiency in volume. An adult elephant can consume 140-270 kg (300-600 lb) of food a day. 60% of that food leaves the elephant's body undigested, (Wikipedia)
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Elephants are herbivores and primarily eat grasses, fruits, leaves, and bark. They have a varied diet depending on their habitat and location, and can consume up to 300 pounds of food in a single day. Additionally, they require a lot of water to stay hydrated, often drinking several gallons each day.
Elephants will eat grass, bark, and salt from caves. They will also eat mud, because of the nutrients in it.
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Is a Indian elephant a carnivore-herbivore or omnivore?
An African elephant is a herbivore.
Is an elephant a autotroph or hetertroph?
An elephant is a heterotroph, meaning it eats plants and other animals to obtain food. Autotrophs are organisms like plants that are able to produce their own food.
What pizza does your elephant eat?
My elephant enjoys a veggie pizza with lots of colorful vegetables such as bell peppers, mushrooms, spinach, and red onions. It's a healthy and delicious choice for my large friend!
How much does an elephant shrew eat a day?
An elephant shrew typically eats insects, fruits, and seeds, consuming around 70-100% of its body weight in food each day. They have high metabolisms which require them to eat frequently to maintain energy levels.
What type of consumer is an African Elephant?
An African Elephant is a herbivore consumer, as it feeds primarily on plants and vegetation. It is also considered a primary consumer in the food chain, as it eats producers like grasses and trees.
Where is an elephant in the food chain?
An elephant only eats plants, so therefore an elephant is not top on the food chain. The elephant is above plants and below the top predators.
How does elephant eats?
Using its trunk to put food in its mouth
How elephant eats their food?
Scoops up in trunk then puts in mouth, which is behind the trunk.
What kind of animal eats elephant?
A bigger elephant
How much does an elephant eat and drink each day?
It eats around 300-600 pounds of food a day.
What happens at the end of An elephant in the garden?
A cat eats the elephant
An elephant weighs 5000kg it eats 150kg of food each day what percentage of its own weight does it eat each day?
The elephant eats 150kg of food each day, which is 150/5000 = 0.03 or 3% of its own weight.
How does a elephant get food?
through its trunk 2nd answer: The elephant neither eats nor drinks through its trunk, although it does use its trunk to spray water into its mouth. The elephant grazes for its green food . . . certain grasses, certain tree leaves, and so forth. It uses its trunk to push or pull food into its mouth.
What eats elephant seals?
Killer wales eat elephant seals
An elephant eats only grasses and plants What is an elephant called?
carnivores
What eats more an elephant or a rhino?
a rhino has a smaller stomach than an elephant, so elephant is the answer.
What eats a Martin?
Elephant goats
