• Elephants typically reach puberty at thirteen or fourteen years of age.


  • They have offspring up until they are around fifty years old

 

  • They may live seventy years or possibly more

 

  • A cow produces a single calf and in very rare cases twins

 

  • The interval between births is between two and a half to four years

 

  • An elephant´s trunk, a union of the nose and upper lip, is a highly sensitive organ with over 100,000 muscle units.