ELEPHANTS     The elephant is the largest mammal living on land and there are two species, the African and the Indian.
    The African elephant is the largest of the two types and is up to 11 1/2 feet high and weighs up to 6 tons.
    Elephants have a huge body, large head, short neck, and pillar like legs.  The feet are short, and broad with an elastic pad on the sole and hoof, like nails.
    The outstanding feature of elephants is that the snout is long, forming a flexible trunk with the nostrils at the tip.  The trunk is used for carrying food and water to the mouth, for spraying water for bathing and lifting objects, as well as smelling.
    The African elephant is found in most parts of Africa south of the Sahara.  It lives in herds of bulls and cows.
    The Indian elephant is native of Ceylon, Burma, Thailand, Malaya, and Sumatra.
    Both types of elephants can sleep standing or lying on one side.
    They eat entirely vegetation food such as grass foliage and branches of trees and fruit.
  Created by Brittany & Wayne