Its beautiful tusks unfortunately make it a target of poachers on the Savannah. Its large ears are well supplied with blood, and work like a radiator to cool down the elephant's tremendously large body. The African Elephant differs from its cousin the Asian Elephant in a number of ways. The most obvious is that the Asian Elephant is found in Asia, not Africa. Asian elephants also have smaller ears, a more convex back, a trunk with only one lip, and a more overall petite constitution.
Female elephants live in family groups, and adult males live alone or in unstable smaller groups.
This usually coincides with periods of high rainfall. Threatened by habitat loss and hunters, today the only sanctuary for African elephants lies in national parks. Ironically, these parks themselves are currently being threatened by the elephants within them. Elephant populations within these parks are increasing to the point where the habitat can no longer support that many animals. As you can imagine, this is a great controversy in the zoological and wildlife management profession.