Made with Xara Web Designer If you are interested in acquiring this painting or would like further information please contact me The world's largest living land mammals are best known for their huge size, social behaviour, unique tusks and longevity. African elephants live wherever they can find enough food and water with minimal disturbance from people. Most of Africa's elephants live on open savannahs and in dry woodlands. In some regions, they occur in desert areas; in others, they are found in mountains. Elephants are capable of making low frequency sounds that are below the human range of hearing, this allows wandering individuals within the herd as well as several different herds to stay in direct contact over distances of many miles.  They are gentle, intelligent creatures and live for up to 70 years. Elephants develop a vast memory learned from the wiser, more experienced members of the herd. They will learn where to find water in a drought, which regions of their range will provide the best food at a given time of year and, they will travel along trails through the bush that have been handed down from generation to generation. Having gained this vast knowledge, it is believed that the Elephant is probably the wisest creature in the animal kingdom. On The Move Link to Us Privacy Photo Gallery Guestbook 20"x12" - 51x30cm Acrylic on Canvas All content and artwork copyright to Stephen Gayford and may not be reproduced without permission © 2007 - 2011