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• Elephants are the largest land and grass- eater mammals now living.

• At birth, it is common for an elephant calf to weigh 120 kilograms.

• They typically live for 50-70 years. But the oldest elephant lived for 82 years.

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• Today, there are three  species of elephants :1. African Bush elephant

2. African Forest elephant

3. Asian elephant

• All other species are extinct.

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Interestingly, the Asian elephant is closely related to

the extinct mammoth.

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Elephants can cry, play and laugh.

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Could you tell me the differences between them?

- The trunk is a union of a nose and upper lip.

• African elephants are equipped with two fingerlike projections at the tip of their trunk, while Asians have only one.

• - This organ consists of 100,000 muscle units.• The elephant's trunk is sensitive enough to pick up a

single blade of grass, yet strong enough to rip the branches off a tree.

• The trunk is also used for drinking. Elephants suck water up into the trunk—up to 14 liters at a time—and then blow it into their mouths.

• Elephants also suck up water to spray on their bodies during bathing.

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The tusks of an elephant are its second upper incisors

( teeth).

Tusks grow continuously; an adult male's tusks grow about 18 cm a year.

Tusks are used to dig for water, salt and roots and to debark trees .

Tusks are also used to move trees and branches when clearing a path.

In addition, they are used for marking trees to establish a territory, and occasionally as weapons.

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A Video Clip About ElephantsWild African elephant with attitute - BBC wildlife.flv

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Thank you for watching.