February 10, 2012

Types of Elephants

Elephants are the biggest living land animals. There are two types of elephant, African and Asian. Both types live in herds, and have poor eyesight, but very good senses of hearing and smell. If one animal detects danger, the whole herd is alerted.African elephants are of two types. One which lives in sub-Saharan part of Africa which are called Forest elephants and other which lives in Savannah region called Savannah elephants. The second form of elephants are Asian elephants. The difference between African and Asian is visible through their weight and tusks. 

Asian Elephant Picture

 

African Elephants Picture

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