Comparison question to when an elephant runs and a horse runs

Question

ok when i look at an african elephant running, it looks like its speed walking, how come african elephants don't run like a galloping motion like a horse galloping?

Answer 1

Cause they are stubby and big unlike a graceful horse

Answer 2

Elephants are too heavy to gallop.

Because of their "Graviportal" bone structure they have to have at least 2 feet on the ground at all times.

Answer 3

Because they have different bone structure, every skeleton is similar but also very different at the same time especially between species. Also an Elephant has a lot more weight on it than a horse so it's not as graceful.

Answer 4

Elephants weigh more, they're stockier, they have a different muscular system.  I've never seen a elephant jump a fence.

However, I've also never seen a horse knock down a tree on a whim.

They're just built differently.