Written by Lincoln Azzopardi, Matthias Bezzina, Aiden Borg & Miguel Gauci

Endangered animals

Stop hunting me for my tusks, please!

Information taken from Britannica School Encycolopaedia Britannica.

Elephants are the largest living land animals.

There are three types of elephants, these are the African Savanna elephant, African forest elephant and Asian elephant.

Elephant are related to the extinct mammoth.

They are found in Africa and Asia.

They live in jungles, forests and swampy areas.

Weigh up to 3.6 tonnes and stand higher than 3 meters.

They use their trunk as aid to eat and drink and to breathe.

Elephant's skin is loose and wrinkled.

They are greyish to brown in colour.

They eat only plants and grass.