Where do elephants usually live? What do elephants mainly eat?

Asian elephants are widely distributed, and now they mainly live in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Foreign countries are distributed in the forests of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam, and in the nearby plains and bushes. Domestic distribution is the edge of its distribution area. It has been recorded in Xishuangbanna (Mengla, Jinghong) and Jiangcheng in southern Yunnan. Ximeng (Song Yue) and Cangyuan (Nangun River) in southwest Yunnan, Yingjiang (Nabang) in west Yunnan Dam. In addition to the Sahara desert and other desert areas, African elephants have traveled all over the African continent, from the Mediterranean coast to the Cape of Good Hope. At present, African elephants are still widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, but their populations are scattered and isolated, especially in West Africa and East Africa.

However, with the changes of the times and weather and the lack of food, the former place was not suitable for elephants to live, so the phenomenon of elephants moving south appeared. The south has a subtropical climate, which is also suitable for elephants to survive.

Second: food for elephants.

Elephants like to eat juicy branches, especially African elephants. They like juicy branches best. When foraging, they wrap food and pick fruits with their noses. Grassland elephants are herbivores. They spend 16 hour collecting food every day. Their digestive system is inefficient. Can only absorb 40% food. An adult elephant can eat 225 kilograms of food a day.

Besides juicy branches, elephants eat bananas and other fruits. Their food mainly includes grass, grass roots, tree buds, shrubs, bark, fruits and vegetables. They drink 30-50 gallons of water every day. Both male and female African elephants have ivory, looking for food and water and tearing bark from their trunks. The long nose acts as arms and fingers, and can suck water and food into the mouth.

To sum up, elephants are widely distributed and generally live in tropical areas. Elephants mainly like to eat juicy branches and various plants, fruits and vegetables.