The average size of an elephant varies among the African and Asiatic elephant. The tusk of Asian elephants are bigger than the African elephants where as the brain size of an elephant is the largest among all other mammals on the earth. The elephant is among the most intelligent animal on earth. While the size of an elephant’s brain is the largest in size among the land mammals, it actually only occupies a small area at the back of the skull. However, in proportion to the size of the body, the elephant brain is smaller than the human brain. Despite this, the elephant is one of the only animals along with all apes (including ourselves), sperm whales and a few other creatures who has a large brain relative to body size.
African Elephant Facts:
Head and body length of an African elephant: 6.0—7.5 m.
Shoulder height of African elephant: 3—4 m.
Weigh of African elephant: t 2,200—7,500 kg.
Weight of Elephant Brain: 4.2 to 5.4 Kilograms
Weight of an Elephant’s heart: 28 to 30 Kgs. The heart of an elephant beats only 28 times a minute as compared to the heart of a mouse which beats 500 times a minute.
Asian Elephant Facts:
Head and body length of an Asian elephant: 5.5—6.4 m.
Shoulder height of Asian elephant: 2.5—3.0 m.
Weigh of Asian elephant: 5,000 kg.
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