Elephants are truly amazing creatures. There are three species of elephants; African bush, African forest and the Asian elephant. You can tell them apart by their ears. Asian elephants are smaller with small ears, while African elephants have large ears to fan themselves. Elephants are the largest land mammal. Elephants are extremely inteligent and have strong bonds within their herds. When an elephants dies, the other elephants mourn their loss, showing strong emoitonal tendencies. I love elephants.