Click here to see cool stuff about animals on the prairie. Click here to see cool stuff about animals in the artic. Write to me. Elephants are the largest land animals on earth. There are two types of elephants, the African and the Indian, but this is only on African elephants.
Elephants live in small groups called clans.
The male elephants live by themselves until mating time. When a mother elephant is about to have a baby she leaves the clan. One or two elephants may go with her. When the baby is born the mother helps it stand by lifting it up with her trunk. Hippos can spend 16 hours a day soaking in the river.