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The Question:
How much food does an elephant typically eat in one day?
The Answer:
Most elephants in the wild will eat between 300 and 500 pounds of vegetation and drink 50 gallons of water…
The Question: I read the list of the fastest animals on land at your site. But I was wondering what is the fastest animal in the sea might be? The Answer…
