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1. Elephants are pregnant for 2 years.
大象怀孕时长为两年。

Both African and Asian elephants have a pregnancy that runs for 21-22 months.
非洲象和亚洲象的怀孕时长都需要21-22个月。

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2. Elephants and dogs are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand pointing.
大象和狗是唯一生来就能理解指令的动物。

Pet dogs and elephants are the only non-human creatures that understand the gesture. However, chimpanzees can be trained too.
宠物狗和大象是唯一非人类而能理解手势的生物。不过，黑猩猩经过训练也可以。

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3. Most of the elephants actually weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale.
其实大多数大象的体重还不及一头蓝鲸的舌头。

A blue whale is bigger than twenty five elephants!
一头蓝鲸比25头大象加起来都大！

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4. Adult elephants cannot jump.
成年大象不会跳。

But it's a myth that it's the only animal that can't. It is joined by few others: rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses and lazy sloths.
但说大象是唯一不会跳的动物纯属谣言，还有几种动物也不会跳：犀牛、河马和懒惰的树懒。

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5. Elephants kill more than 500 people every year. They have been known to also kill grown rhinos.
大象每年杀死500多人，据悉它们也会杀死成年河马。

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6. Elephants can breathe through their foreheads.
大象能通过额头呼吸。

Yes, they have internal nares, leading to their lungs, high on their foreheads.
是的，他们有连通肺部的内鼻孔，在额头较高的位置。

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7. When times are tough for elephants, they comfort each other with touch.
遇到困难时，它们彼此触摸安慰。

They are highly empathic – they use their trunks to console each other.
它们具有高度的同情心——用鼻子安慰彼此。

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8. Elephants can get sunburned.
大象会被晒伤。

They don't have tons of SPF creme, so they protect themselves from the sun by throwing sand on their backs and heads.
它们没有那么多防晒油脂，所以要往后背和头部扬沙子来防晒。

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9. Elephants are the only mammals, other than humans, that have chins. Elephant is also the only animals that can fold a towel!
大象是除人类之外哺乳动物中唯一有下巴的，也是唯一会叠毛巾的动物！

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10. Elephants can be taught to paint from memory. Such their ability is used in many zoos for entertainment.
大象可以学会凭着记忆作画，这种能力在很多动物园被作为娱乐项目。

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11. The elephant trunk serves as a nose, a hand, an extra foot, a signaling device and a tool for gathering food, siphoning water, dusting, digging and much more.
象鼻可用作鼻子、手、第五条腿、信号发射器、收集食物、吸水、除尘和挖掘的工具等。

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12. An elephant’s tooth can weight as much as three kilograms. That is actually the approximate size of a brick!
一颗大象牙齿可重达3千克，几乎和一块砖同等大小！