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Water

Elephants drink water with their trunks and also love to spray it over themselves to cool down.
Elephants drink water with their trunks and also love to spray it over themselves to cool down.
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All animals need water. It helps their bodies work properly and keeps them from getting too hot or too cold.

💡 Fun Facts

  • A koala gets almost all the water it needs from eating juicy eucalyptus leaves, so it hardly ever needs to drink.
  • A camel can drink a bathtub's worth of water in just 10 minutes!
  • About half of your body is made of water!