How tall is an African elephant at the shoulder?

Compared with things you know

• About 1.9 times the height of an adult person (1.7 m)
• About 1.6 times the height of a standard interior door (2 m)
• About 7% of the height of the Statue of Liberty without its pedestal (46 m)

Did you know?

Adult male African bush elephants stand about 3.2 m at the shoulder and weigh around 6 tonnes on average.

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• Bottlenose dolphin3 m · 9 ft 10 in long
• White rhinoceros3.7 m · 12.1 ft long
• Great white shark4.6 m · 15.1 ft long
• Dromedary camel2 m · 6 ft 7 in tall at the shoulder
• Giraffe5.5 m · 18 ft tall
• American bison1.8 m · 5 ft 11 in tall at the shoulder

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