. Away to recuperate

@BYOLA2871 (4371)
South Africa
August 8, 2008 10:05am CST
I have been absent from mylot for health reasons for longer than I thought I will be, though I tried to log on to the internet, my doctor will have none of this, thus,I have been out for a while .After being discharged from the clinic, I went to a place called the “Elephant Sanctuary” to recuperate and I learnt some amazing things about elephants. Elephants eat up to half a ton of plant food everyday and they have 24 teeth for grinding it. Their teeth do not grow all at once but in fours. As the first set wears out, a second set grows .At the age of 45; an elephant grows its last set of teeth.Hm! my thinking therefore was no wonder the forests where elephants are in abundance soon becomes a desert because of this heavy consumption habit and I guess it wont be too much for you to a little calculation for me: How many kilograms do you think a tooth of an elephant weighs? This will give you a clue (123 + 37) – (72 + 845) =?
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@olivemai (4738)
• United States
9 Aug 08
wow. that is a lot off vegetables! And a lot of teeth!
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
9 Aug 08
i said the same thing when i read the information and i was wondering if we had only 3million elephants in the world taking in so much in a day will mankind survive/
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@olivemai (4738)
• United States
9 Aug 08
I guess there is enough grass and vegetation where the elephants roam! There are a lot of animals that went extinct or are threatened by extinction already!