Elephants are endangered due to illegal hunting and habitat destruction. Asian elephants inhabit small areas of India, Sri Lanka, China, and Southeast Asia. African elephants are found in Africa south of the Sahara. Female elephants usually give birth to one calf after a gestation period of 20 to 22 months. Elephants live about 60 years The two fingerlike projections at the tip of the elephant's trunk are facile enough to pick a blade of grass.
Elephants communicate in frequencies below human perception.
Tusks are actually an elephant's second set of upper incisor teeth, and continue to grow throughout the elephant's life. Females are typically smaller than males.