Saturday, July 21, 2007

Elephant - Loxodonta Africana

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"Legend has it that elephants go to special places - graveyards - when they sense the coming of death. There is no substance to this tale, but these giants of the African savannas do show an unusual sensitivity towards, or curiosity about, the bones of their own kind. An elephant group will often appear to be fascinated by the bleached carcass of a long-dead animal, shuffling the bones about with their trunks and even moving them away into denser bush. They pay special attention to the jaw bone."
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