The elephant is the leader of the savanna. There are two kinds of elephants, the Indian and the African. The species are easily distinct able, the African is larger than the Indian and weights up to 8 tons.

The elephant uses its trunk for almost everything, to pick up grass, break branches of trees, and to the drink water. The trunk is the elephant’s organ for smell and sound. The elephant large ears are used as regulators for body heat.

The ears have thin skin and are full of blood vessels, and if the elephant is too warm, the blood is cooled off by flapping the big ears. The elephant is also waving the ears depending on the mood.

An angry elephant waves the ears fast and lifts up its trunk ready for a blow. A kind elephant waves slowly with the ears and stretches the trunk to say high. The African elephant lives on the open savanna.