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A royal white elephant, as depicted in a Thai painting. A white elephant (also albino elephant) [1] is a rare kind of elephant, but not a distinct species. Although often depicted as snow white, their skin is typically a soft reddish-brown, turning a light pink when wet. [2] They have fair eyelashes and toenails.
A white elephant at the Amarapura Palace in 1855. A white elephant is a possession that its owner cannot dispose of without extreme difficulty, and whose cost, particularly that of maintenance, is out of proportion to its usefulness. In modern usage, it is a metaphor used to describe an object, construction project, scheme, business venture ...
Kingdom of Thailand 21 January 1946 Knight Grand Cross of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant [28] [29] PCh (KCE) Kingdom of Nepal 10 May 1946 Member of the First Class of the Most Refulgent Order of the Star of Nepal [28] French Republic 3 June 1946 Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour [28] [30] Kingdom of Greece 1946
The Đại Việt–Lan Xang War of 1479–80, also known as the White Elephant War, [4] was a military conflict precipitated by the invasion of the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang by the Vietnamese Đại Việt Empire.
The Burmese-Siamese War of 1563–1564, also known as the War over the White Elephants (Burmese: ဆင်ဖြူတော်စစ်ပွဲ), was a war between the Toungoo dynasty of Burma and the Ayutthaya Kingdom of Siam. It was the second of twenty wars fought between the Burmese and Siamese that lasted well into the 19th century.
An elephant’s trunk serves a lot of important purposes: eating, drinking, and communication are some of the most common uses for trunks. However, trunks are thought to have adapted in response ...
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