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* [[Nellie the Elephant|Nellie]] - from the childrens song of the same name |
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* Snorky - from the [[Banana Splits]] |
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* [[J.P. Martin|Uncle]] - from J.P. Martin's ''Uncle'' series |
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== Fictional elephant-like things == |
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Revision as of 07:13, 23 April 2003
This is a list of famous elephants
Historic elephants
- Abul-Abbas - Charlemagne's elephant
- Hanno - pet elephant of Pope Leo X
- Jumbo - P. T. Barnum's elephant
- Kandula - the most famous elephant in Sri Lanka was given to an infant prince some 2000 years ago. The king and his elephant grew up together.
- Mary the Elephant - For reasons unknown, Mary, touring with Charles H. Sparks's World Famous Show, killed her inexperienced keeper Walter "Red" Eldridge on September 12, 1916, and was executed for that "crime" on September 13, 1916 in Erwin, Tennessee by being hanged by a railroad derrick car at the Clinchfield Railroad yard. The first attempt failed, as the chain suspending her snapped, and she dropped to the ground, breaking a hip. She was resuspended, and died.
- Tuffi - a young elephant who fell from Wuppertal's suspended monorail into the river Wupper on July 21, 1950 (she survived the fall)
Fictional elephants
- Babar
- Dumbo - son of Mrs. Jumbo
- Horton (hears a Who), by Dr. Seuss
- Lots-A-Heart - from the Care Bears
- Lucy - an architectural folly in Margate, New Jersey
- Nellie - from the childrens song of the same name
- Snorky - from the Banana Splits
- Uncle - from J.P. Martin's Uncle series
Fictional elephant-like things
- Aloysius Snuffleupagus - from Sesame Street
- The Oliphaunt, sung about by Sam Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings
- Heffalumps - honey eating elephants from Winnie the Pooh
Elephants in mythology
- Ganesh, an elephant-headed Hindu deity
See also
- Hatari!
- History of elephants in Europe
- List of fictional animals
- Joseph Merrick, who was called "the Elephant Man" for his affliction, which actually had nothing to do with elephants