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elephant trivia questions
What is the long flexible nose of an elephant called?
Answer: Trunk
Bonus fact: An elephant's trunk combines the nose and upper lip and is used for breathing, smelling, grasping, and drinking.
Which is the largest living land animal?
Answer: African bush elephant
Bonus fact: African bush elephants are the largest living terrestrial animals.
Elephant tusks are greatly enlarged versions of which teeth?
Answer: Incisors
Bonus fact: Tusks are elongated upper incisor teeth that grow throughout much of an elephant's life.
Ivory is traditionally obtained mainly from what part of an elephant?
Answer: Tusks
Bonus fact: Elephant tusks are enlarged incisor teeth.
Besides elephants, which marine mammal has long ivory tusks?
Answer: Walrus
Bonus fact: Walrus tusks are elongated canine teeth.
African elephants are what type of animals?
Answer: Mammals
Bonus fact: They are the largest living land animals.
Which feature is larger on African elephants than on Asian elephants on average?
Answer: Ears
Bonus fact: Large ears help dissipate heat.
How many living species of African elephant are now widely recognized?
Answer: Two
Bonus fact: African savanna and African forest elephants are recognized as distinct species.
Elephant seals are what type of animals?
Answer: Marine mammals
Bonus fact: They are large seals.
Male elephant seals are named for a nose resembling what?
Answer: Trunk
Bonus fact: Adult males develop an enlarged inflatable proboscis.
Elephant seals are famous for making exceptionally deep what?
Answer: Dives
Bonus fact: They can dive more than a kilometer deep.
The Indian elephant is a subspecies of which species?
Answer: Asian elephant
Bonus fact: Its scientific subspecies is Elephas maximus indicus.