The elephants

THE ELEPHANTS

Elephants are the largest land animal on earth, they are characterized by their big ears, their strong legs and skin and their trunk. We can divide them in three species, the African savanna elephant, the African forest elephant and the Asian elephant.

The main differences between them are that African elephants are bigger than Asians ones, the first specie having a height from 3 to 4 meters and weighing from 4000 to 7000 kg, while the second one measures from 2 to 2.5 meters and weighs from 3000 to 6000 kg.

Other differences between them are that the African Elephant have bigger ears and tusks than Asian ones. Elephants are called pachyderms, which means thick-skinned animals, because they have a tough skin that protect them, the African’s being the most wrinkled.Elephants are vegetarians, the African ones mainly eat leaves, while the Asian ones eat grass.