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[3] [4] As in Mycenaean Greek, Homer used the Greek word to mean ivory, but after the time of Herodotus, it also referred to the animal. [1] The word elephant appears in Middle English as olyfaunt in c. 1300 and was borrowed from Old French oliphant in the 12th century. [2]
Jenny (1899 – February 1941), was a 20th-century female Asian elephant probably born in Ceylon.Jenny was exported to Germany, between 1915 and 1917 she was put into a work service in the Imperial German Army being one of the very few elephants serving in the Central Powers armies in World War I.
Calls for wildlife conservation in the United States increased in the early 1900s because of the visible decline of several species. [5] One example was the near-extinction of the bison, which used to number in the tens of millions. Similarly, the extinction of the passenger pigeon, which numbered in the billions, caused concern. [6]
Elephant Run is a young adult historical novel by Roland Smith, first published in 2007. It takes place mainly in Burma in the midst of World War II.The main character is Nicholas Freestone, a 14-year-old boy, tamed and simple, who is sent to live by his mother with his father on the family teak plantation, which requires toughness and strength, to escape the bombing in London.
Africa Addio (lit. ' Goodbye Africa ' or ' Farewell Africa '; also known as Africa: Blood and Guts in the United States and Farewell Africa in the United Kingdom) is a 1966 Italian mondo documentary film co-directed, co-edited and co-written by Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco E. Prosperi with music by Riz Ortolani.
Capital Area District Libraries Local History department offers glimpses into Lansing's past
Elephants can also represent the hugeness and wildness of the imagination, as in Ursula Dubosarsky's 2012 children's book, Too Many Elephants in This House, [60] which also plays with the notion of the elephant in the room. [61] An imaginary elephant can (perhaps) become real, as with the elusive Heffalump.
The incident ended with the shooting of the elephant by local police. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Provoked by the growing crowd, her rampage took her through the menswear, sporting goods and gift departments of a local Arlan's discount store, before leading police on a two-mile chase in which Rajje knocked down and injured a 67-year-old man, tried to move a ...