Elephants live in herds led by the oldest female, called the matriarch. They communicate using rumbles and trumpets and can live up to 80 years. Elephants are large plant-eating mammals with four teeth, two tusks, big ears, and poor eyesight. They spend 16 hours eating up to 495 pounds of food per day.

1. ElephantsElephants are big and fat mammalsJordan Chan (4L) Sept 2009

2. Facts About Elephants Elephants live in families. Several families live together in a herd. The leader of the herd is usually the oldest female elephant. It is called the matriarch. All the babies and female follow her.

3. Elephants are plant and fruit eaters.

4. Elephants talk to each other by making sounds called tummy rumbles . They also make a trumpeting sound to call each other.

5. Elephants can live as long as eighty years.

6. Elephants have four teeth and two tusks.

7. Elephants have big ears but poor hearing and eye sight.