You might just think that elephants are big gray animals but they are much more. You are right that they are big because the males can reach to 13 feet tall. They can also weigh to 40,000 lbs. But in size they are bigger or smaller, like the Asians are smaller than African. And the tusks make them look bigger.You might just think that the tusks are there for decoration but they can actually do lots with them. For example, they can use it for fighting, digging, and even picking stuff up! Wow, that might be able to pick up me then. But there is a bad to having tusks, people in China have been ban but that can not stop them from carving things into them. Did you also know that they are the only known mammal that can not jump. If they could they might cause a earthquake. They also have 26 teeth which include 24 molars + 2 tusks. Are elephants afraid of one of the littlest mammals? Elephants have a myth that says they are afraid of mice because they could nest in ear. One last crazy fact is that African elephants can live in hotter climates than Asian.