Elephants : Did You Know....

....elephants are different to most animals in that their brains expand during

their life-time, usually by sixty-five percent !
 

                                                                                                                       Marga Davis : Greater Addo Elephant National Park

Read More About Elephants

Karamojo Safari - W.D.M.Blunt ; The Cowboy and his Elephant - Malcolm MacPherson

Elephant Winter - Kim Echlin ; The Cowboy and his Horse - S.E.Fletcher
To the Elephant Graveyard - Tarquin Hall ; Just Elephants - W.Baze
Elephant King - R.Campbell ; Boss Elephant - C.R.Cooper

Silent Thunder: In the Prescence of Elephants - Katy Payne ; Oil and Honor  - T.Petzinger
When Elephants Weep - J.M.Masson and S.McCarthy ;  Back to Africa - Randall Moore
Coming of Age with Elephants - Joyce Poole ; The Dynasty of Abu - I.T.Anderson

Portraits in the Wild : Behaviour Studies of East African Mammals - C.Moss

Elephants: Ancient and Modern - F.C.Sillar ; Kongo the Elephant -  E.C.Smith
Where the Wagon Led - R.D.Symons ; Land of Elephants - Z.Szechenyi

 The Elephant Never Forgets - E.L.White ; Elephant Bill - J.H.Williams

The Working Cowboy's Manual - F.E Ward ; Elephant - D.E.Blunt
 

Hippo : Did You Know....

....that Hippos have a 'T' shaped pupil, which allows them to see above and

below water at the same time?

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                                                                               Marga Davis : Hippo at Lalibela Private Game Reserve

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Elephant : Did You Know....

According to the locals in Noth East India, legend, the deity was reluctant to use his supernatural

powers to cross the river, so he called upon the animals to help him. The monkeys were the

first to offer their assistance, but they fooled around and accomplished nothing. Then

came the bears, but they were to clumsy. Finally, the elephants came out from

the forest and went to the river. They stood side by side, their backs

forming a bridge. Brahama was then able to cross withot

getting his feet wet. The God was very pleased

and in return for their help, he granted

the elephant three gifts : -

• The first gift he said was that the elephant would be the wisest of all creatures

• The second, that they would know the time of their death

• The third was a place, hidden from the eyes of man, where the elephants would

be able to go to die in peace.

Elephant : Did You Know....

The elephant normally has five nails on each forefoot and four on each hindfoot. making a total

of eighteen. Any animal, believed, with less is considered unlucky, and those with

more are deemed special.

Elephant : Did You Know....

Elephants are the only land animal that cannot jump?

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