Elephant

South Africa Wildlife The Elephant {Loxodonta Africana} The African ElephantThe African Elephant is the largest living ...

South Africa Wildlife The Elephant {Loxodonta Africana} The African ElephantThe African Elephant is the largest living land mammal, one of the most impressive animals on earth. The Elephants muscular trunk serves as a nose, hand, extra foot, signaling device and a tool for gathering food, siphoning water, dusting, digging and a variety of other functions. The long trunk permits the elephant to reach as high as 23 feet. It is capable of powerful twisting and coiling movements used for tearing down trees or fighting. The trunk of the African elephant has two finger-like structures at its tip. The tusks, another remarkable feature, are greatly elongated incisors (elephants have no canine teeth). Tusks grow for most of an elephants lifetime and are an indicator of age. They are right or left tusked using the favoured tusk as a tool, shortening it from constant wear. Size Up to 11 feet; Weight 3