DID YOU KNOW THAT Maya ELEPHANTS Ellison ARE THE BIGGEST LAND ANIMALS IN THE WORLD ? ELEPHANTS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR OVER 55 MILLION YEARS . THEY ARE ALSO RELATED TO MAMMOTHS , WHICH HAVE BEEN EXTINCT FOR 11,500 YEARS , WHICH WAS THE LAST ICE AGE . BACK IN THE 1930 ' S , THERE WERE ABOUT 5-10 MILLION ELEPHANTS , NOW THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 750,000 BETWEEN ASIA , AND AFRICA .