Terra african elephant family they are the largest mammals on earth ears of african elephants are shaped like the african continent and they can eat up to 300lb of food a day an elephants trunk can be used for smelling trumpeting drinking and grabbing things elephants like water and they shower by sucking water into their trunks and spraying it all over themselves male and female african elephants have tusks they use them to dig for food and water and to strip the bark off trees their