Food,Predators,&Prey
Sixteen to eighteen hours, or nearly 80% of an elephant’s day is spent feeding. Elephants consume grasses, small plants, bushes, fruit, twigs, tree bark, and roots.Tree bark is a favorite food source for elephants. It contains calcium and roughage, which aids digestion. Tusks are used to carve into the trunk and tear off strips of bark. They can become prey to many animals including lions and tigers. This is mainly though if one of them is weak or very young. Since elephants form tight herds it is hard for predators to get them alone unless one falls behind the rest. For the most part elephants are very healthy so it isn’t often that one is able to become a meal for predators.These predators do realize that adult elephants can kill them if they aren’t careful but if they are hungry enough they are going to take a chance.