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Originating from Asia and Africa, elephants are the largest land mammals. They share ancestry with wooly mammoths and live together in herds. Elephants are defined by their large ears, tusks, and trunk. Using their ivory tusks (which are exotic collectibles, leading to their poaching) African elephants have the ability to dig. This feature is how they obtain extra minerals by eating dirt. Elephants are herbivores, requiring a substantial amount of food per day: almost 330 pounds of bark, leaves, grass, fruits, and plants. A baby elephant can weigh up to 300 pounds. As previously mentioned, elephants have been hunted to near extinction for their tusks. Due to global repopulation efforts, violent crackdowns on poaching, and habitat protection their numbers have steadily rebounded. However, due to the time it takes for elephants to grow up and have offspring progress has been slow.
