Elephants are idiosyncratic animals from their distinctive trunks to their enormous size to their ginormous brains! Although these unique animals are going extinct, they are very extraordinary. Elephants use their very unique proboscis help elephants to scratch themselves, breath, pickup food and objects, or slap their calf for discipline or stroke their calf to comfort them. Elephants can also entwine their trunks to greet each other! Asian elephants can pick up 2 gallons of water at one time! That's a lot of water! They also use their remarkable trunks to speak to each other using infra-sound. WOW! Elephants are one of the brightest animals on earth because they work together to fix problems and defend the calf. They are also sharp-witted because they can remember far away places to find food and water. They can also recognize their own reflections, which only advanced animals can do!