An Asian elephant is the largest land animal in Asia. A grown male can weigh 4,000 kilograms - about the same as three small cars on top of each other. But you can spot the difference between Asian and African elephants in seconds: Asian elephants have small, rounded ears (shaped a bit like the country of India) instead of the giant flappy ears of African elephants.
Some elephants in Myanmar still help with logging work in the forests - using their strength to gently shift heavy logs in places where machines can't easily go. The elephant 'driver', called an oozie, walks beside the elephant and they often grow up together. Some pairs stay friends for 40 years or more.
Wild elephants in Myanmar live in protected forests, where they walk in family herds led by the oldest mother. She remembers, year after year, where the best feeding spots are in each season. Calves are looked after by the whole herd - aunties, sisters, mum, and sometimes even grandma.
Asian elephants are also famously clever. They use sticks to scratch themselves, they recognise themselves in mirrors, and they greet other elephants with their trunks like a long fluttery handshake. Wildlife scientists in Myanmar are doing important work to make sure wild elephants always have safe forest to live in.