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Homo heidelbergensis tribe killing an elephant

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Early humans may have begun butchering elephants 1.8 million years ago

A 1.78-million-year-old partial elephant skeleton found in Tanzania associated with stone tools may represent the oldest known evidence of butchery of the giant herbivores

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Elephant with ivory tusks in front of a bush

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Quick test reveals illegal elephant ivory disguised as mammoth tusks

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Will Burrard-Lucas Forest elephant

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Camera trap spots endangered elephant mother and calf on the move

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An African bush elephant in Amboseli National Park, Kenya

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Wild African elephants may have domesticated themselves

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Asian Elephant

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Elephant’s trunk may be one of most sensitive body parts of any animal

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Young male elephants rein in aggression if older males are nearby

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Do you speak elephant? With this new dictionary you will

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Do you speak elephant? With this new dictionary you will

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An elephant raising its trunk over its head as someone rides it

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57 per cent of elephants at Thai tourist facilities have nervous tics

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Ground with fossilised footprint

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Prehistoric elephant nursery probably made easy prey for Neanderthals

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Elephant trunks suck up water at speeds of 540 kilometres per hour

Elephants use extreme suction to hold water and food in their trunks, often inhaling at speeds that are nearly 30 times the speed we exhale air when we sneeze

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Both species of African elephants are now officially endangered

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Ivory Coast’s elephant populations are now in catastrophic decline

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There is an answer to the world's deadliest human-elephant conflict

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African elephant poaching is falling at last - but it's still too high

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