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The Biggest Elephant Ever Killed By Man: In the dense, wild bush of Angola, in Africa, a hunter tracks and kills the largest animal ever shot on earth

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Sports Illustrated article written by Josef J. Fénykövi about tracking his famous elephant that now stands in the Rotunda of the National Museum ...
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African Elephants: The Largest Animal on Earth

Have you ever wondered what the world’s largest land animal might be? While some land animals (giraffes) might be taller, and ...
IFLScience

Extinct Giant Elephant Genetics Prove There Are Actually Two Living African Species

An extinct species of giant elephant that used to roam across much of Europe and Asia was more closely related to modern African forest elephants than forest elephants are to modern African bush ...
Reuters

For African bush elephants, wrinkles are cool

LONDON (Reuters) - A study of the African bush elephant's vast network of deep wrinkles has found it is intricately designed to help the animals keep their cool, fight off parasites and defend against ...
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Why Asian Elephants Are More Than Just the Largest Mammals in Asia

There are three types of elephants: the African forest elephant, the Asian elephant, and the African savanna (or bush) elephant. Elephants in the African savanna are larger than those in the African ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Dusting Dinosaurs and Elephants: How Specialists Keep the Museum’s Largest Treasures Spotless

To celebrate International Museum Day, learn how experts protect the museum’s most dramatic displays from dust bunnies and cobwebs Naomi Greenberg Michelle Pinsdorf (left) and Steve Jabo (right) clean ...