10 fascinating facts about elephants you may not knowFrom enormous appetites to surprisingly little sleep, these fascinating elephant facts shed light on one of Africa’s most iconic animals. In celebration of World Elephant Day 2026, here are 10 fascinating facts about African elephants, with insights supplied by the Botswana Elephant Centre. An adult African elephant can consume roughly 150 to 200kg of grasses, leaves, bark and other vegetation in a day. Wild elephants get surprisingly little sleepThink elephants spend most of their time sleeping? Research on wild African savanna elephants in Botswana found that the two elephants studied slept for an average of just two hours a day.