Tusks are like really long pointy teeth that stick out from the upper jaw. The Asian Elephants are a bit smaller than their African cousins. They grow to be about 20 feet long including their trunk. Asian Elephants have only one little finger-like thing at the end of their trunk, and only the boys grow tusks. When a Mama elephant is going to have a baby, it takes 22 months for the baby to be born.
Elephants are the biggest and strongest animals that live on land, but they are very gentle.
They can walk as quietly as a whisper. It is no wonder that elephants get so big when you see all of the food they eat. Elephants don't eat hamburgers or french fries like you and me, and they can't order out for pizza, either. What they DO like to eat is leaves, branches, tree bark, grass, plants, fruit, and straw. Elephants use their long trunks to breath, smell, and pick up things and put them into their mouth.