The elephant is the largest existing animal we know. It has a long nose called a trunk. An elephant's trunk has many muscles and the trunk is so strong, it could crack open a coconut! There are two kinds of elephant:Asian and African. The way you can tell them apart is that: the Asian elephant has a domed forehead and the African elephant doesn't. The Asian elephant has small ears the African elephant has big ears. The Asian elephant has a sloping back and and the African elephant has hips as high as it's shoulders. The Asian elephant has three toes. The African elephant has four toes. That's how to tell them apart. Elephants are endangered. That means they are close to extinction. Us humans are taking down their homes for farms, houses, and more. That means the elephants will have no home and come to extinction. Luckily, there are places where they give elephants a home to live in. To find out more about endangered animals, go to www.endangered.com/