大象的食量很大,一天它要吃多少食物?
这个问题的答案和大象的种类有关，非洲象是体型较大的象类，成年的非洲象每日可吃330－440磅食物，折合150－200千克，饮水90升左右，而亚洲象体型相对较小，每日的进食在150千克左右。资料来源于美国国家地理网站，原文如下：
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Through the Guts of Elephants
An adult pachyderm can munch its way through 330 to 440 pounds (150 to 200 kilograms) of vegetation a day。 "Multiply that figure by 60,000 and ...全部
这个问题的答案和大象的种类有关，非洲象是体型较大的象类，成年的非洲象每日可吃330－440磅食物，折合150－200千克，饮水90升左右，而亚洲象体型相对较小，每日的进食在150千克左右。资料来源于美国国家地理网站，原文如下：
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Through the Guts of Elephants
An adult pachyderm can munch its way through 330 to 440 pounds (150 to 200 kilograms) of vegetation a day。
"Multiply that figure by 60,000 and you will realize that a staggering amount of biomass passes through the guts of northern Botswana's elephants," says Ben-Shahar。
"In the worst scenario, scientists fear that elephants could destroy their habitats and then die of hunger as they are unable to migrate across human settlements in search of alternative food supplies。
In this scenario there is a limit to how many elephants and other animals a habitat can support。
"The commonly held notion is that elephants have the ability to alter habitats and the livelihood and success rate of other species and plants," Ben-Shahar says。
Rather than focusing directly on the elephants, Ben-Shahar centered his research on the vegetation of the region, studying all the factors that could impact the success of plants, including cycles of drought and fire。
Being heavy consumers of water (40 gallons/90 liters a day), elephants crowd the areas nearest the rivers and perennial waterholes during the dry seasons。
In the rainy cycles they are more dispersed across the bushveld, using temporary waterholes in addition to the regular sources。
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