Time to Eat

This elephant was photographed in Tanzania while chowing down on some tasty grass. Elephants can eat between 200 and 600 pounds of vegetation every day. They drink an average of 50 gallons of water each day, about the same amount as a typical bathtub holds. The elephant digestive system isn't very efficient, so only about 40 percent of the food they consume is actually digested. Elephants are herbivores. They will eat grasses, fruits, vegetables, small plants, bushes, twigs and tree bark.