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Jun. 13, 2008 - Elephants/ Drawings |
June:
Narnian of the month: Creature, Elephant.
 Some of you may know that I like elephants. I started collecting them a few years ago.
My collection has gotten big. I now have about 43 elephants. My collection includes a bank, many figurines, stuffed animals, pictures, pillows, clothing, and I even have one made out of hay. As well as having a collection elephants I also study them (as much as I be able to).
In the Magicians Nephew, in chapter 9 the founding of Narnia elephants are created
“ But the greatest moment of al was when the biggest hump broke like a small earthquake and out came the sloping back, the Large, wise head and the four baggy treasured legs of and elephant.”
The first Elephant is present at the First Council of Narnia, and his wife vainly takes great pride in the length of her trunk
An elephant is a placental mammal, which means it has live babies. (As apposed to laying eggs) the name for a baby elephant is calf. The name for a mother elephant is cow. The father is called a bull.
Each year an elephant eats approximately 1,600 loaves of bread, 100,000 pounds of hay, 12,000 pounds of alfalfa, 15,00 gallons of mixed grains, 2,000 potatoes, and for a “treat” 3,000 fruits and vegetables. They also drink 15,500 gallons of water. Elephants actually eat twice the amount of food they need.
All elephants are very good swimmers in spite of the size of their bodies, they use their trunks to breathe under water like a snorkel sticking out of the water.
All elephants have their “name” carved on the lower part of their leg. This is how they identify each other, kind of like a human fingerprint.
The time that an elephant lives depends on it’s teeth because all elephants have 6 sets of teeth. They wear out from the food that an elephant eats and the last set is usually worn out when an elephant is about 60 years old. When the last set of teeth wears out the elephant can no longer chew and therefore dies of starvation. This is usually how an elephant naturally dies.
Maybe you’ve heard that elephants are afraid of mice. The size of an elephant protects it from its predators. Not even a lion or tiger would want to attack a full-grown elephant. Therefore, elephants are most definitely not afraid of mice. Although if one saw Reepicheep I’m sure there would be exceptions, Reepicheep can kill with looks.
An elephant’s tail has only a few hairs at the end, but it makes a perfect fly swatter.
All thought elephants in Narnia are never mentioned fighting I am sure that some fought in between the books. In are world they fought in many places, China, Sri Lanka, Burma (now Myanmar) and Thailand all use elephants in all their wars. In the middle ages and before, although in 1987 Iraq used them to transport heavy weaponry.
• A cow (Female Elephant) usual has only 1 calf ( Baby Elephant)and sometimes twins.
• It takes 20-24 months to have a baby.
• An elephant’s trunk has over 100,000 muscle units in it.
• Elephant trunks can get very heavy. Sometimes you can see elephants resting them over a tusk!
• Elephants cry, play, have incredible memories, and laugh!
• Elephants don't drink with their trunks, but use them as "tools" to drink with. Filling the trunk with water and then using it as a hose to pour it into the elephant’s mouth accomplish this.
Also,
A few drawings I have done recently.
 
Drawing Copyright June 2008 Grackoid.
Please DO NOT copy!
~Princess Gracpian~ |
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Jun. 13, 2008 - Untitled Comment |
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Nice! I love elephants too!
Lucy |
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Jun. 13, 2008 - Cool! |
 Message delivered by Desi |
Elephants are such interesting animals of God's creation! And the pic. of Susan is amazing! I also like Cairparivel, but they are all awsome!
~Sarah |
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Jun. 14, 2008 - note from Brielle |
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Greetings,
Thanks for your comment! It was fun to hear from you
I loved your Lucy Narnian dress! That turned out so nice, you and your grandma did a lovely job. Im wanting to make some costumes from that movie so much, I have a couple people asking about Prince Caspian costumes and that could be really fun
. ,but I havent had anyone ask about Lucys dresses yet. Her gown at the end of the movie is so cute
. With the green fabric.
I enjoyed reading your post about elephants
I like elephants too. When I was younger I used to have a collection of elephant items also
Thanks again for the comment. It was fun coming over to your blog ang reading all your posts. :)
I hope you have a wonderful day!
Sincerely,
Brielle
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your drawings looked really nice too, l liked the one of Susan... (I want that dress!!) |
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