Elephants! 12 Things You Didn’t Know, Plus Photo Gallery : EcoLocalizer

Elephants! 12 Things You Didn’t Know, Plus Photo Gallery

Written by Rhishja Larson

Published on October 15th, 2009

Posted in About Animals, In Africa, In Asia

Elephant fact 11: Asian elephants have been domesticated for about 4,000 years. However, African elephants are not easily domesticated.

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2 Comments

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Lucy said on October 15th, 2009 at 10:12 pm

This is an AWEsome post, thanks for sharing!
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Jeff said on October 16th, 2009 at 4:45 pm

This is my favorite photo of an elephant

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24917549@N04/2670968997

You should add it to your photo gallery!

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