How thick is an elephants skin?
The first time you see an elephant, you find it hard to believe that an animal can be so big. He is the largest animal on four feet in the whole world. He has the largest teeth and the thickest skin of any animal. Once in a while, a bull elephant may go on a furious rampage and become one of the most dangerous animals in the world.. But, as a rule, Jumbo is a gentle character, hard working and very intelligent. The elephant, as everyone knows, is a pachyderm which means a thick skinned one. His grayish hide seems too big for his enormous body, for it hangs around him in baggy wrinkles. A large Indian elephant may weigh six tons. His giant tusks, which are really a pair of upper teeth, may weigh 80 to 100 pounds each. When the entire leathery hide is removed from his body, it weighs perhaps a ton, which is a sixth of his total weight. Over most of his body, the skin of the pachyderm is about one inch thick. It is also very strong and pliable. The underside of the trunk is lined with thi
