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Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of pachyderm, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea. Elephantidae has three living species: the African Bush Elephant and the African Forest Elephant (which were collectively known as the African Elephant) and the Asian Elephant (formerly known as the Indian Elephant). Other species have become extinct since the last ice age, which ended about 10,000 years ago.
Elephants are mammals, and the largest land animals alive today. The elephant's gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. At birth it is common for an elephant calf to weigh 120 kg (265 lb). An elephant may live as long as 70 years, sometimes longer. The largest elephant ever recorded was shot in Angola in 1974. It was male and weighed 12,000 kg (26,400 lb). The smallest elephants, about the size of a calf or a large pig, were a prehistoric variant that lived on the island of Crete until 5000 BC, possibly 3000 BC. Their scattered skulls, featuring a single large trunk-hole at the front, perhaps formed the basis of belief in existence of cyclops, one-eyed giants featured in Homer's Odyssey.
Recent findings of animal remains in central China show Prehistoric humans ate elephants. The elephant is now a protected animal, and keeping one as a pet is prohibited around the world.
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Off to watch some men who stare at goats or monkeys w/ shoes, or elephants or rats or penguins or wesley?
DylanSchnitker (Dylan Schnitker) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:40:10 -0000
Off to watch some men who stare at goats or monkeys w/ shoes, or elephants or rats or penguins or wesley?
@hapapower Welcome back. I've been enjoying your travel pix. Good stuff, especially the humping elephants.
surfnorcal (TC) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:38:29 -0000
@hapapower Welcome back. I've been enjoying your travel pix. Good stuff, especially the humping elephants.
GIANTS & ELEPHANTS TOUR IN MODESTO NOV. 7TH ALL AGES @GUCEYGUCEDOEBOY @JSTALINLIVEWIRE @KEAKDASNEAK @SANQUINN
HaleighDM (Haleigh Angela) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:36:09 -0000
GIANTS & ELEPHANTS TOUR IN MODESTO NOV. 7TH ALL AGES @GUCEYGUCEDOEBOY @JSTALINLIVEWIRE @KEAKDASNEAK @SANQUINN
@TrinaSotira So many elephants! Congo line, whoo! Of course, tea is always being served here. I'll serve the tea, you bring the elephants.
kjc03 (Kirstie Casey) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:34:41 -0000
@TrinaSotira So many elephants! Congo line, whoo! Of course, tea is always being served here. I'll serve the tea, you bring the elephants.
@Krizanovich Our very fav from Ashes and Snow... http://twi.tt/pic/dav .... We love elephants!! http://twi.tt/pic/daH
IQXS (IQXS UFO) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:33:07 -0000
@Krizanovich Our very fav from Ashes and Snow... http://twi.tt/pic/dav .... We love elephants!! http://twi.tt/pic/daH
RT @JSTALINLIVEWIRE selling cd"s for 5 tonight.. 10:00 PM - GIANTS AND ELEPHANTS TOUR @ SEDS , SACRAMENTO, California
TAJMACSWAMPZENT (TAJMAC JOHNSON) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:32:03 -0000
RT @JSTALINLIVEWIRE selling cd"s for 5 tonight.. 10:00 PM - GIANTS AND ELEPHANTS TOUR @ SEDS , SACRAMENTO, California
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