As the herd straggles along, the elephants push down young trees or uproot them with their tusks to feed on the tender roots, twigs, and leaves. In the open meadowns, they gather up tufts of grass with their trunks and stuff them into their mounts. At times, a herd will invade the fields of farmers, but most will never enter villages or destroy huts.
A herd may range over a 50-mile radius in the course of a season. Seldom does the herd sleep in the same place for two days in succession. Pictures have been taken from airplanes showing vast elephant armies made up of many family herds traveling over the same route toward new feeding grounds