Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of pachyderm, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea. Elephantidae has three living species: the African Bush Elephant and the African Forest Elephant (which were collectively known as the African Elephant) and the Asian Elephant (formerly known as the Indian Elephant). Other species have become extinct since the last ice age, which ended about 10,000 years ago.

Elephants are mammals, and the largest land animals alive today. The elephant's gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. At birth it is common for an elephant calf to weigh 120 kg (265 lb). An elephant may live as long as 70 years, sometimes longer. The largest elephant ever recorded was shot in Angola in 1974. It was male and weighed 12,000 kg (26,400 lb). The smallest elephants, about the size of a calf or a large pig, were a prehistoric variant that lived on the island of Crete until 5000 BC, possibly 3000 BC. Their scattered skulls, featuring a single large trunk-hole at the front, perhaps formed the basis of belief in existence of cyclops, one-eyed giants featured in Homer's Odyssey.

Recent findings of animal remains in central China show Prehistoric humans ate elephants. The elephant is now a protected animal, and keeping one as a pet is prohibited around the world.

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Ain't No Rest For The Wicked by Cage The Elephant: http://www.tunegenie.com/onair/wrnr/
TuneGenieWRNR (TuneGenie WRNR) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:24:05 -0000
Ain't No Rest For The Wicked by Cage The Elephant: http://www.tunegenie.com/onair/wrnr/
Getting Trampled During an Elephant Parade May Not Be in the Travel Brochure ... - PR Web (press release) http://ow.ly/16cY8m
reileydive (reiley) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:23:47 -0000
Getting Trampled During an Elephant Parade May Not Be in the Travel Brochure ... - PR Web (press release) http://ow.ly/16cY8m
http://www.northjersey.com/news/80040057.html - Endangered elephant is subject of new film
animals_news (Animalnews worldwide) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:22:38 -0000
http://www.northjersey.com/news/80040057.html - Endangered elephant is subject of new film
Granny won 3 THONGS in the white elephant gift exchange. She couldn't be more excited. http://yfrog.com/4ajb9j
EvanFentriss (Evan Fentriss) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:21:57 -0000
Granny won 3 THONGS in the white elephant gift exchange. She couldn't be more excited. http://yfrog.com/4ajb9j
Does anybody know what happened to the lethal weapon 2 i got for white elephant?
BeeepBeeepLove (Ian Rivera) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:20:57 -0000
Does anybody know what happened to the lethal weapon 2 i got for white elephant?
RT @IlanBr: English church choir, giant Gulliver, elephant Santa - Superb collection of photos - http://bit.ly/83fLV5
manctog (Neil Alexander) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:20:02 -0000
RT @IlanBr: English church choir, giant Gulliver, elephant Santa - Superb collection of photos - http://bit.ly/83fLV5

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