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Elephants Summary
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ELEPHANTS. Indigenous to both Africa and India, the elephant is the largest of all living land animals. A peaceful herbivore, the adult of the species has no fear of any other animal, with the exceptions of the human hunter and small rodents that might...
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Elephants Summary
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The elephant is a large mammal with a long trunk and tusks. The trunk is an elongated nose used for feeding, drinking, bathing, blowing dust, and testing the air. The tusks are upper incisor teeth composed entirely of dentine (ivory) used for...
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Epithets and Terms of Address: Elephant
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Normally what one calls someone who has just stepped on one’s toe, either the word on its own or ‘you elephant!’ There is a passage in King Solomon’s Mines, by H.Rider Haggard, which gives a different slant on this term, and...
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Elephant Proverbs : World Proverbs
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An elephant does not catch mice. (Roman) An elephant’s tusks are never too heavy for it. (African) By a sweet tongue and kindness, you can drag an elephant with a hair. (Persian) The elephant does not feel a flea bite. (Italian) The elephant does...
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Elephant Information
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Elephants (Elephantidae) are a family in the order Proboscidea in the class Mammalia. They were once classified along with other thick skinned animals in a now invalid order, Pachydermata. There are three living species: the African Bush Elephant, the...


Quotations
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Elephant Quotes
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The elephant is the largest living land animal. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Song: The Elephant by Michael Flanders 2 Unsourced 3 External links // Sourced 群盲評象 涅槃経 ( Nirvana Sutra ) Translation: A crowd of blind people evaluate an elephant. A...


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Science Weekly
Elephants.
04/14/2000: 6,504 words, approx. 22 pages
Elephant Families Elephants are huge, amazing animals. They live in families made up of mothers and young calves. Families join together into larger herds of 30 to 50 animals. Male elephants leave the family when they become teen-agers. The oldest grandmother, the...
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Elephants
07/13/2003: 1,042 words, approx. 4 pages
Elephants, farmers battle over fertile ground surrounding Mount Kenya Shrinking forest, growing cropland create competition for food By ANDREW ENGLAND Associated Press Sunday, July 13, 2003 Mount Kenya, Kenya -- Three days after an elephant gored and trampled a farmer...
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AP News
India hunting for killer elephant
12/15/2006: 264 words, approx. 1 pages
Hunters in India's remote northeast are tracking a rogue elephant blamed for 14 deaths in the region and named after Osama bin Laden by fearful villagers.The order came after the bull dubbed Laden, which has twice evaded attempts to kill him, was blamed for the...
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AP News
Rampaging elephants kill 8 in India
7/26/2007: 251 words, approx. 1 pages
Two domesticated elephants went on a rampage through several villages in northeastern India, killing eight people and injuring five before being shot dead by police, officials said Thursday.Police were searching for the owners and trying to establish what caused the violent behavior. Angry villagers protesting...
 


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