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	Elephant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Elephant tusks are the major source of ivory, but because of the increased rarity of elephants, hunting and ivory trade is now illegal.
		Elephants use their tusks to root around in the ground for necessary minerals, tear apart vegetation, and spar with one another for mating rights.
		Elephants have been used for transportation and entertainment, and are common to circuses around the world.
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	elephant - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		Elephant tusks are the major source of ivory, but because of the increased rarity of elephants, hunting and ivory trade is now restricted and in some countries illegal.
		However, elephants have never been truly domesticated: the male elephant in his periodic condition of musth is dangerous and difficult to control; elephants used by humans have typically been female.
		Elephant Reintroduction Foundation,The foundation is dedicated to a management system for rehabilitation of captive elephants and habitat preparation to ensure successful long-term sustainability after their return to the wild.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/elephant (1699 words)

	List of historical elephants - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Annabelle the painting elephant was an Indian elephant won in a contest, donated to be Anchorage, Alaska's Alaskan Zoo's first animal in 1964.
		Kandula - the most famous elephant in Sri Lanka was given to an infant prince Dutu Gemunu (or Duttagamini) in the 2nd century B.C. The king and his elephant grew up together.
		A Sri Lankan elephant born in 2000 at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. is named after Kandula.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_historical_elephants (407 words)

	Elephant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Elephants are capable of pulling up to 11.5 liters (3 gallons) of water into the trunk to be sprayed into the mouth for drinking or onto the back for bathing.
		Since male elephants are "kicked out" of their herds when they become sexually mature, their "sex hormones" kick in and anything that stands in their way becomes an unfortunate victim.
		Elephant Reintroduction Foundation (http://www.elephantreintroduction.org),The foundation is dedicated to a management system for rehabilitation of captive elephants and habitat preparation to ensure successful long-term sustainability after their return to the wild.
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		Elephant tusks are the major source of ivory, but because of the increased rarity of elephants, almost all hunting and trade is now illegal.
		The largest elephant ever recorded was a male shot in Angola in 1974, that weighed 12 tonnes (27,000 pounds, or 13.5 tons).
		The African elephant has two populations, savanna and forest, and recent genetic studies have led to a reclassification of these as separate species, the forest population now being called Loxodonta cyclotis, and the savanna or bush population termed Loxodonta africanus.
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		After their size, an elephant's most obvious characteristic is the single trunk, a type of muscular hydrostat, that is a much elongated combination of nose and upper lip.
		Elephants are able to pull up to 12 litres (2.5 Imperial or 3 U.S. gallons) of water into the trunk to be sprayed into the mouth for drinking or onto the back for bathing.
		Elephants have also been used as mounts for safaris, especially on tiger hunts, and as ceremonial mounts for royal and religious occasions, whilst Asian elephants have been used for transport and entertainment, and are common to circuses around the world.
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	World Almanac for Kids
		Elephants have only four molar or grinding teeth, one to each side of the upper and lower jaws; each is a massive plate about 30 cm (about 12 in) long and 10 cm (4 in) wide.
		Cow elephants mate by their 18th year, usually with a bull that is able to contend with other bulls in the herd.
		Since elephants rarely bear young in captivity, they are corralled in the wild, often with the use of domestic elephants and mahouts (professional elephant handlers).
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/animals/elephant.html (1093 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of historical elephants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Hanno (in Italian, Annone) was the pet white elephant of Pope Leo X (born Giovanni deMedici), and the subject of the book The Popes Elephant: An Elephants Journey from Deep in India to the Heart of Rome by Silvio A. Bedini.
		The elephant exibit at the National Zoo The Smithsonian National Zoological Park, commonly known in the United States as the National Zoo, is a zoo located in Washington, DC.
		Lucy the Elephant, July 2004 Lucy the Elephant is a six-story elephant-shaped architectural folly constructed of wood and tin sheeting in 1882 by James V. Lafferty in Margate City, New Jersey, two miles (3.
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		The largest elephant ever recorded was a male shot in Angola in 1974, that weighed 12 tonnes (13.5 short tons).
		Their significant coarse and wrinkled skin is sparsely bristled, and about 1 in (25 mm) thick (with varieties for the Asian and the African kinds); the thickness they disadvantageousely developed instead of pigment which causes the color.
		African elephants are usually thought not domesticable, but some entrepreneurs have succeeded by bringing Asian mahouts to Africa.
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		Elephants are classified as Indian or African (of course meaning the North African “forest” species (now extinct in North Africa and only preserved in inaccessibel regions of the Congo) Their stats reflect their size differences as the mighty Indian elephant has quite an advantage over their smaller cousins.
		Furthermore, elephants may be armored with expensive barding which enhances their save to 3+ to the front and 6+ all around, but this slows them down an inch of movement and a general must weigh this fact heavily against the other limits on elephants mobility.
		Elephants were notably used in battles against Macedonia, and the Iberians, but it is possible to argue that these armies were closer akin to the EIR list than the Republican Roman list in AoA.
	www.ancientbattles.com /elephants/WABElephants_part_one.htm (4075 words)

	List of historical animals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The list of historical animals (that is, individual animals of historical significance) is divided into the following sub-pages:
		List of apes (non-human higher primates, excludes monkeys)
		This page was last modified 03:41, 3 August 2005.
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	Historical Novels List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		For more extensive lists of historical fiction writers, see the Master List of Historical Fiction Writers.
		Note: A complete guide to historical reference books is available on my web page.
		There is NO historical material in the books.
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	List of historical elephants
		Kandula - the most famous elephant in Sri Lanka was given to an infant prince some 2000 years ago.
		Mary the Elephant[?] - For reasons unknown, Mary, touring with Charles H. Sparks's World Famous Show, killed her inexperienced keeper Walter "Red" Eldridge on September 12, 1916, and was executed for that "crime" on September 13, 1916 in Erwin, Tennessee by being hanged by a railroad derrick car at the Clinchfield Railroad yard.
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	Tuffi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On 21 July 1950 the circus director Franz Althoff had Tuffi, then 3 years old, take the Schwebebahn (a suspended monorail) in Wuppertal, Germany, as a marketing gag.
		The elephant apparently did not enjoy the ride, trumpeted wildly and ran through the wagon, broke through a window and fell some 5 meters down into the Wupper river, suffering only minor injuries.
		Both the circus director and the official who had allowed the ride were fined.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tuffi (136 words)

	Tuffi -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Tuffi was a female (A genus of haws comprising the harriers) circus (Five-toed pachyderm) elephant.
		The elephant apparently did not enjoy the ride, trumpeted wildly and ran through the wagon, broke through a window and fell some 5 meters down into the (Click link for more info and facts about Wupper) Wupper river, suffering only minor injuries.
		Tuffi was sold to Cirque Alexis Gruß in 1968; she died there in 1989.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/T/Tu/Tuffi.htm (122 words)

	Elephant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Female African elephants have tusks, while female Asian Elephants don't.
		It is possible, if unlikely, that continued poaching could bring about a complete absence of tusks in African elephants, a development normally requiring thousands of years of evolution.
		It's more economical to capture wild young elephants and tame them than breeding them from scratch.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/el/Elephant.htm (1353 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Elephants (T&Ad Poyser Natural History Series) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		This is a distinguished contribution to the literature on elephants.
		Elephants discusses their origins, evolution, anatomy, ecology, and behavior.
		It covers the debate that countries such as Kenya and Botswana have suffered an overpopulation of elephants, and describes the ecology of this debate and its relevance to the ivory trade, along with the history of the trade.
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	List of historical elephants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Mary - For reasonsunknown, Mary, touring with Charles H. Sparks's World Famous Show, killed her inexperienced keeper Walter "Red" Eldridge on September 12, 1916, and was executedfor that "crime" on September 13, 1916 in Erwin, Tennessee by being hanged by a railroadderrick car at the Clinchfield Railroad yard.
		Tuffi - a young elephant who fell from Wuppertal 's suspended monorail into the river Wupper on July 21, 1950 (she survived the fall)
		Joseph Merrick, who was called "the Elephant Man" for hisaffliction, which actually had nothing to do with elephants
	www.therfcc.org /list-of-historical-elephants-143986.html (201 words)

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		Jumbo (1861 - September 15, 1885) was arguably the most famous elephant ever, and is the root of the adjective 'jumbo' (e.g.
		Jumbo was an African elephant, born in 1861 in the French Sudan from where he was imported to France and kept in the old Zoo Jardin des Plantes close to the South railway station Gare de Sud in Paris.
		In 1865 he was transferred to the London Zoo, where he became famous through the riding operations.
	www.alanaditescili.net /index.php?title=Jumbo (286 words)

	List of historical elephants - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Topsy - tortured elephant on Coney Island, electrocuted by Thomas Edison
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	List of fictional elephants Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Berilia, Tubal, Great T'Phon, and Jerakeen, the four elephants who stand on the back of Great A'Tuin the star turtle, carrying Terry Pratchett's Discworld.
		Effervescing Elephant in the song of the same name by Syd Barrett
		Kala Nag the working elephant in the short stories "Moti Guj, Mutineer" and "Toomai of the Elephants" by Rudyard Kipling
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	List of historical elephants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Historical elephants Abul-Abbas - Charlemagne's elephant Hanno - pet elephant of Pope Leo X Jumbo - P. Historical elephants
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	Degree Requirements
		The student is expected to be familiar with all of the works in two of the listed subject areas, unless submitting a thesis, and to be able to place and discuss the works in critical and historical contexts.
		The examinee is asked to identify the passages by author and title, and to write a one paragraph (four or five sentence) explanation of why the passages are significant in terms of the work as a whole and in terms of the literary historical period in question.
		The list is by no means exhaustive - students should ask course instructors for titles of critical and historical works in specialized areas.
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	Amazon.ca: Books: Elephants of Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Elephants of Africa contains reproductions of twenty-four outstanding pastel paintings of the African elephant in representative habitats throughout the continent.
		In addition, there are superb color cameos and eloquent pencil drawings of both elephants and the many other creatures-some of them rare or endangered-that share the elephant's varied environments: the Zaire peacock, the gorilla, the bongo, the zebra duiker, the Lord Derby eland, the lion, the leopard, and man. The text is both...
		Lavishly illustrated, the book contains reproductions of 24 paintings of elephants in their various habitats, plus beautiful colour cameos and striking pencil drawings of elephants and other animals like the bat-eared fox, the graceful impala, buffalo, the fish eagle, vervet monkey, sable antelope and zebra.
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	Lifechanges ... Delayed: November 2003
		My list of Harry Potter in translation was mentioned by Languagehat yesterday, garnering me more hits than any previous day.
		The sad thing is that the zoo is having financial problems (Baltimore Sun story), which are forcing them to look to cut 20 staff members and to loan out their two breeding-age elephant cows and other animals.
		However, there are some interesting observations about how elephant calves learn to speak; Tiergarten Schönbrunn has two calves who are being observed as part of these studies.
	lifechange.blogspot.com /2003_11_01_lifechange_archive.html (11625 words)

	Fictionwise eBooks: The Elephants on Neptune by Mike Resnick
		As the discussions focus on the unfortunate history of man's behavior toward the extinct elephants of Earth, the conceited humans are unaware of the Neptunian phenomenon triggered by their arrival.
		Mike Resnick's "The Elephants on Neptune" is a bitter little fable, in which the first human expedition to Neptune encounters, as the title suggests, elephants.
		Neptune, it seems, is where the last elephants escaped after their kin were slaughtered by humans.
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	Oregon Museum List, Sherman County Historical Museum
		Historic and cultural artifacts and changing displays important to the Linn County and Albany Area.
		Live animal presentations, changing exhibits galleries, historical dioramas.
		Historic log cabin, artifacts from Oregon Trail and pioneer Oregon.
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