The African Elephant is diurnal because it is active during the day. They live in groups called herds. The babies stay with their mother while they are nursing. Young bull elephants must leave their mothers when they are old enough to live alone. The cows stay with the herd.
Mothers have a baby only once every four or five years.
They eat plants and grass. They are herbivores. They can scream, trumpet, grunt, rumble and purr. They use their trunks like trumpets to make the sounds louder. They use those sounds to communicate with each other.