• The largest recorded poop of an elephant is three hunderd pounds.
• Even though elephants do not hvae proper joints for running, they can still outrun a  human being.
• Some Elephants live on an island near India but work on the mainland.  How do you get to work? They swim two miles on Monday morning to get there and two miles back on Friday afternoon to enjoy a relaxing weekend on the island.
• Jessie, an Indian elephant, died in Taronga Zoo, Sydney, Australia, in 1939 at the age of 77.
• All elephants walk on tip-toe, because the back portion of their foot is made up of all fat and no bone.
• The tongue of a blue whale weighs more than most elephants.
• The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
• An African elephant possesses such "manual" dexterity in his/her trunk tip that he/she can actually turn the pages of a book with it.
• Elephants are particularly find of beer and other forms of alcohol; they are known to seek out fermenting durian fruits in S.E. Asia. In parts of the world such as India where elephants are regularly paraded, well-intentioned (and usually foreign) onlookers will    occasionally offer a quart or two of hard liquor to an elephant. Often, the drunken elephant will "run amok" and end up getting shot in order to protect the crowd.
• The closest relative to the manatee is the elephant. Scientists think the elephant crawled back into the sea to become the manatee.
• The discharge from an electric eel can pack 650 volts - enough to shock an elephant.
• The animal world is well represented in Shakespeare's works. Over 3,000 references to some 180 different species of animals -- both real and imaginary -- have been identified in the plays. Everything from simple country wildlife -- birds, bats, hedgehogs, insects, wild boar, and deer -- to the mythical -- unicorn, phoenix, and dragon, as well as the more exotic species of rhinoceros, tigers, bears, and, yes, even the elephant.
• Elephants eat up to 500 pounds of food a day.
• The elephant is the only animal with four knees.
• Hannibal brought 37 elephants with him on his conquest of Rome.
• An elephant's penis is 5'4" long. The longest of any animal.
• Elephants have been known to remain standing after they die.
• In the early1900's, an elephant was actually tried, convicted, and HANGED FOR    MURDER in the mid western US. He made the mistake of stepping on a politician's    daughter during a circus parade.
• Elephants do not fight over territory, unlike most animals.
• An elephant can smell water 3 miles away.
• Murphy's Oil Soap is the chemical most commonly used to clean elephants.
• Mice, whales, giraffes, man, and elephants all have seven neck vertebra.
• Elephants are the only animals that can not jump.
• On average, Elephants sleep for about 2 hours per day.
• The sperm of a mouse is longer than the sperm of an elephant.
• An elephant has the world's largest penis, weighing about 27 kg.
• The elephant, as a symbol of the US Republian Party, was originated by cartoonist    Thomas Nast and first presented in 1874.
• The ear of an African elephant is the same shape as Africa.

Elephant Jokes 

Q: What do you get if you cross an elephant with an ant?
A: A dead ant!

Q: What did the man say when he saw four elephants coming over the hill wearing sun-glasses?
A: Nothing, he didn't recongize them.

Q: What did the elephant say to the ref when he stepped on a mouse in a football match?
A: Sorry ref, I only meant to trip him.

Q: Why did they throw the elephants out of the public swimming pool?
A: Because they couldn't keep their trunks up.

Q: What do you get when you cross an elephant and a gopher?
A: Large holes in your back yard.

Q: How do you catch an elephant?
A: Hide in the grass and make a noise like a peanut.