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Why Some Cool Facts About African Elephants
African Elephants By: Annabelle Ward Did you know that when an African Elephant drinks, they suck as much as two gallons of water into its trunk at a time. Did you like that? Keep reading to hear awesome and cool facts that make you go wow. Here we go...
I see that you decided to read this, let’s hear some more cool facts about African Elephants. An African Elephant's trunk is about seven feet (two meters) long! Since African elephants live where the sun is usually blazing hot, they use their trunks to help them keep cool. First they squirt a trunkful of cool water over their bodies. Then they often follow that with a sprinkling of dust to create a protective layer of dirt on their skin. African Elephants pick up and spray dust
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