How much can an elephant drink?

Have you ever wondered how much an elephant can drink per day?? Did you know that they could easily swallow one hundred liters in just a couple of minutes, furthermore over two hundred liters a day?

Well, it is true. Since every living creature consists of a minimum of 50 % water, it is absolutely necessary to drink a lot of water each day to avoid dehydration. In addition to their enormous size and the loss of water trough urinating and defecation, elephants also live in extremely hot and dry circumstances, and therefore they lose great amounts of water through evaporating. Consequently, they have to drink a lot of water each day to keep their body cool and functioning.

... So know you know that too ;-)