The elephant can stand on either its fore feet or its hind feet. It can stand on the two feet of either side. It is so strong that it can stand on its head! A big elephant measures ten feet high at the shoulders, and weighs six or seven tons. Yet, in spite of its mountain of flesh, can walk quite noiselessly. And, though it can neither trot, canter nor gallop, it can shuffle along at fifteen miles an hour.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 643, 22 December 1932, Page 6
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