ELEPHANT REAL KING OF BEASTS, ASSERTS AFRICAN TRAVELLER
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 29. The elephant, not the lion, is tho king of beasts, according to Harry C. Ostrander, of Yonkers, N.Y,, naturalist and student of wild animal life, in a talk at the Commercial Museum here. Mr Ostrander takes this view regardless of tradition, Rudyard Kipling, and all that has been written and said •about his leonine majesty, these many years. The elephant can think quicker ,has a greater capacity for mental retention and is by no means as dull as he looks, the lecturer said. In size, strength, dignity of character , honesty of purpose and general ability, the world’s greatest peanut eater has it all over the lion, he said. While the royal jungle crown would not sit as gracefully on his head, nor does he possess the regal bearing of the lion,-the elephant represents the lat-ter-day idea in kings. He has the greatest capacity for doing things, the speaker said.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6849, 2 March 1929, Page 6
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