African Elephant, The largest land animal in the world. We can identify by its giant ears shaped the African continent. Their horns are very useful, and use them to smell, breathe, drink, take things (food) and to make sounds. Only the trunk, has about 100,000 different muscles.
Both males and females have horns which they use to dig and search for food or water. Males also use them to fight each other. The main problem is that the horns aerate ivory poachers. These animals are often hunted for ivory, and although this practice is now outlawed and punished, there remains, endangering some elephant populations.
These animals eat roots, fruits, bark and all sorts of related things. They can eat about 136 kilograms of food a day. Elephants do not sleep much, and often travel long distances in search of the large amount of food they need. Unlike Asian elephants, Africans are hardly domesticated.
- Asian Elephant: The elephant is a little smaller than the African. What distinguished by its small, rounded ears. For all else is equal to the African elephant, except that these are easier to tame.
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African Elephant, The largest land animal in the world. We can identify by its giant ears shaped the African continent. Their horns are very useful, and use them to smell, breathe, drink, take things (food) and to make sounds. Only the trunk, has about 100,000 different muscles.
