The elephant is the largest animal that lives on land. A fully grown elephant can weigh as much as six thousand kilograms, which is heavier than a truck.

Elephants have thick, gray skin, huge flapping ears, and a long trunk. The trunk is one of the most useful parts of an elephant's body. It uses the trunk to breathe, smell, drink water, and pick up food.

Despite their enormous size, elephants are gentle and calm. They mostly eat grass, leaves, fruit, and tree bark, and a single adult elephant can eat over one hundred kilograms of plants in a day.