They are so cute and fuzzy , but Why do baby elephants have hair? We all know elephants are big bodied and that unlike other hairy animals whose hairy covering keeps them warm, elephants hair does the opposite and helps carry heat away from the skin and in to the air. Elephants greatly need to lose heat because of their high body volume to skin surface ratio. As you can see, thanks to this close up of Lomunyak they grow fine wiry hairs that cover most of its body but mainly on their head and bac