As with humans, elephant food will include a broad array of plants. What they eat can vary greatly based on their geographic region and the season. What's their favorite food? To answer specifically, we traveled to Botswana, Zambia, and South Africa during the height of the summer rainy season, February. read more
What Do Elephants Eat in the Wild. Apart from eating tall and short grasses, elephants also rely on aquatic plants, twigs, numerous forbs, several shrubs, fruits, roots, bark, pith of baobabs, lianas, herbs, creepers, twigs, shoots, fruit pods, seeds, succulent plants, thorns, stems, reeds, flowers, tubers, and trees. read more
Elephants are herbivorous and will almost eat anything vegetarian ranging from leaves, bark, twigs, shrubs and bushes, fruits, roots and flowers. As large animals it is understandable that they need large quantities of food. read more
A study to determine what do elephants eat in Kruger National Park showed that african elephant diet can vary greatly depending on season and location, even within a single park. In the wet season, the diets of elephants from both Northern and Southern Kruger consisted of about 50% grass, but in the dry season the northern elephants ate substantially more grass (40%) than their southern counterparts (only 10%). read more