Schleich African bull elephant

Male elephants are significantly larger than female elephants. At almost four meters tall, they are the second largest land animals after giraffes. They also weigh five to six tons, making them the heaviest of all land animals. African elephant bulls usually separate from their herd at around twelve years of age. They are then grown up enough to find their own food and defend themselves, and they roam the land with other bulls or alone in search of another herd. An elephant's memory is proverbial: even after many years, it can remember where watering holes are or recognize elephants it has been separated from. Elephants recognize their own reflection. Very few animals can do this apart from them.