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Many African cultures revere the African Elephant as a symbol of strength and power. [43] [44] It is also praised for its size, longevity, stamina, mental faculties, cooperative spirit, and loyalty. [45] South Africa uses elephant tusks in their coat of arms to represent wisdom, strength, moderation and eternity. [46]
African Elephant is an outdoor 1982 life-size Cor-ten steel sculpture depicting an African elephant by Robert Fowler (with assistance from John Long and Phil Schalekamp). The statue was originally installed at the Houston Zoo 's main entrance, but was relocated in 2000, and underwent restoration work at the time.
Jumbo, P. T. Barnum's elephant whose name is the origin of the word jumbo (meaning "very large" or "oversized"). The African elephant was given the name Jumbo by zookeepers at the London Zoo. The name was most likely derived from the Swahili word jumbe meaning "chief". Lallah Rookh, elephant with Dan Rice's circus.
African elephants call each other and respond to individual names — something that few wild animals do, according to new research published Monday. Scientists believe that animals with complex ...
Yoyo (c. 1970 - 28 December 2024) [1] was an African elephant known as the world's longest-living elephant, who died at the Barcelona Zoo at approximately 54 years of age. [ 2 ] Biography
There are approximately 415,000 African elephants left in the world. The World Wildlife Foundation said that, in 2016, experts estimated their population had fallen by 111,000 over the course of a ...
Articles related to the African elephants (genus Loxodonta), a group comprising two living elephant species, the African bush elephant (L. africana) and the smaller African forest elephant (L. cyclotis). Both are social herbivores with grey skin.
Wild African elephants may address each other using individualized calls that resemble the personal names used by humans, a new study suggests.. While dolphins are known to call one another by ...