ELEPHANT FACTS.
(Sent hi by Enid Kearney, 330, Ruapchu HoaU, Ohakune Junction.) The. elephant is capable of carrying a burden of between 30001b and 40001b with its trunk, which has been calculated to consist of upwards of 30,000 distinct muscles. It snaps off the stoutest branches of a tree and tears the trees with its tusk*.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 261, 4 November 1933, Page 2 (Supplement)
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