What or how much do elephants eat?
Elephants are vegetarians. An elephant in the wild eats about 200 to 300 kilograms of food everyday! In the process, it is said that it would destroy vegetation weighing about 1000 kilograms. Elephants in captivity are fed a mixture of processed wheat, grains, and vegetables. Elephants trained for special religious festivities in India are fed butter, sugarcane, and other favorite food specific to the elephant. Elephants also drink about 100 liters of water everyday.
