Much larger ears than the Asian elephant. Skin is dull brownish gray in color. The elephant cools itselt by flapping its ears. The elephants ears contain many tiny blood vessels. When the elephant flaps it's ears, the cooled blood then travels through the rest of the animals body to cool it.
Elephants also throw mud and water on themselves to cool off.
Most distinctive of the big cats. Its coat is light brown, which provides good camouflage. At about one year, males begin to develop a mane. The lion is the only big cat with a tuft of dark hair at the end of its tail. Lions stand three feet tall at the shoulders.