Mysuru: Elephants are the largest terrestrial animals on Earth, and they are one of the most unique-looking animals, too. With their characteristic long noses, or trunks; large, floppy ears; and wide, thick legs, there is no other animal with a similar physique.
There are mainly 2 species of elephants — African and Asian. There are only about 4,50,000 - 7,00,000 African elephants and between 35,000 - 40,000 wild Asian elephants left in world. India is home for about 27,312 elephants and Karnataka is having 6,049 elephants.
