That\u2019s one hungry girl! When it comes to elephants, we know they eat a lot. But it\u2019s still so interesting to watch these beautiful creatures chow down. A viral video shows one elephant coming back for seconds (and thirds\u2026and fourths\u2026.and fifths) of snacks from her keeper at the zoo. Her little trunk does all the heavy lifting, of course. And it\u2019s just so stinkin\u2019 cute.<\/p>\n
Keep the snacks coming! The elephant wasn\u2019t ready to say she was full in the video that was posted online. She must\u2019ve been very hungry. She was ready to fill her plate.<\/p>\n
Is there anything cooler than an elephant\u2019s trunk? They really are the coolest little tools. A trunk can be used for smelling, of course. But as the video shows, it can also be used to grab or hold objects \u2014\u00a0like a whole bunch of tasty treats.<\/p>\n
Related: Baby Elephant Can\u2019t Contain the Love When Giving Her Favorite Human \u2018Early Morning Kisses’<\/a><\/p>\n At first, the elephant\u2019s caretaker was just playing around. Then it was time to get down to business. Snack business, that is.<\/p>\n It didn\u2019t really matter what the person put forward for the elephant to munch on: apples, carrots, tomatoes, a head of lettuce, a squash \u2013 they girl took everything. It was like she was gearing up for the winter. Although the last time we checked, elephants don\u2019t hibernate for the winter.<\/p>\n The food will go to good use, of course. The elephant will snack on the treats in no time flat. The internet couldn\u2019t stop laughing at the way she grabbed each item lightning-fast.<\/p>\n \u201cIts greed pleases me,\u201d joked one person.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s like it has eyes on its nose. How does it know so fast?\u201d someone else wondered.<\/p>\n \u201cSo basically, this can go on… forever?\u201d asked another commenter.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like those items are being placed in a basket for later,\u201d one person wrote.<\/p>\n What Do Elephants Eat?<\/p>\n There’s a good reason for the elephant\u2019s \u201cgreed\u201d \u2014 she needs a lot of food<\/a> per day! Elephants typically eat between 300 to 375 lbs. of vegetation daily. Nearly 80 percent of an elephant\u2019s day is spent looking for food. Elephants typically eat grasses, small plants, bushes, fruit, twigs, tree bark, and roots. An elephant favorite is tree bark, as it contains calcium and helps with their digestion.<\/p>\n So really what we saw was such a small part of an elephant\u2019s eating day. You could probably call it an appetizer to an even bigger snack.<\/p>\n Looking for more PetHelpful updates? Follow us on\u00a0YouTube<\/a>\u00a0for more entertaining videos. Or, share your own adorable pet by\u00a0submitting a video<\/a>, and sign up for our\u00a0newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for the latest pet updates and tips.<\/p>\n This story was originally reported by PetHelpful<\/a> on Oct 24, 2025, where it first appeared in the Pet News<\/a> section. Add PetHelpful as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"That\u2019s one hungry girl! When it comes to elephants, we know they eat a lot. But it\u2019s still…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,128,3349,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-241260","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-viral-video","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}