They’re enormous and intelligent, strong and sociable. A male African elephant can weigh up to 7.5 tons! They also amaze us with their long and flexible trunk, which is so strong it can push down trees and so agile that it can pick up a single piece of straw. The main elephant species are the African elephant and the Asian elephant. African elephants have large ears that are shaped like the continent of Africa, both males and females have visible tusks, their skin is very wrinkly, and the end of their trunk works as if they have two fingers to help them pick things up. Asian elephants have smaller ears, usually, only the males have visible tusks, their skin is not as wrinkly, and they only have one "finger” at the end of their trunk.