Fun Facts Friday: Elephant Drinking Elephants drink 30 to 50 gallons of water daily, using their trunk like a siphon, drawing in up to 2.5 gallons (10 liters) at a time. Their strong trunk muscles stop the water before it reaches their sinuses. Next, they place the tip of their trunk up to their mouth and squirt the water into it. When they’re drinking, most elephants tend to like clean, fresh water. That’s why we clean and fill our water troughs often. Elephants living in the wild go to water h