Elephants are herbivores and live on grasses and leaves.  They will knock down small trees to get at the high leaves, and can knock over a tree up to six feet in circumference.  The African Elephant travels around in herds, and will travel a great distance in a day to find food.   The females mate after they reach 10 years of age, and have gestation period of almost 2 years.  A bull mates with several females, and they do not stay together after mating.

The African Elephant is the largest of all land animals.  An adult African Elephant can be over 25 feet long, stand 13 feet tall, and weigh over 16,000 lbs. 

An Indian Elephant is very closely related to its cousin, the African Elephant.  It is second only to the African Elephants in size.   A large male Indian Elephant will stand about 10 feet tall, weigh up to 11,000 lbs., and can be up to 20 feet long.

The Indian Elephant is found not only in India, but also in Malasia, Indonesia, and China.  The Indian Elephant displays most of the physical features as the Africa.  However, only the female Indian Elephant has tusks, while the African has tusks in both sexes.  The Indian Elephant also has much smaller ears than the African.

Some historians estimate that elephants were used by man over 4000 years ago.